Lost In Translation

I think we need to have a national discussion or discourse to talk about the things which are lost in translation.

As a person born and brought up in the church this quite hits close to home. I am not the person who indulges in religious talks but on this one, I feel like the good guy in the clouds really needs to send a few angels to do civic education because most of His ambassadors down here are really messing His flock up.

Just like you would go to a hospital and expect the doctor to be competent and well trained I tend to think the same standard should apply to these clergymen. Or would you fly in a plane whose pilot is self-taught or heard a voice tell them they were destined to be pilots in a dream? Well, I think not. Then why should my religious leader also not go through some basic training to learn the basics of their practice?

I got carried away and like I said I do not like engaging in these back and forths coz they never end.

I think communication is one area where A LOT is also lost in translation. When couples fight, and some unfortunately end up breaking or separating, if you look closely you’ll find that it’s just a huge misunderstanding sprinkled with a few droplets of ego. One says this, the other hears something completely different. And the rift grows exponentially. You get where I’m going with this, right?

 Anyway, what solution does this man of the cloth bring now that we have identified a problem? Do we run? Do we watch what was once beautiful now decay in the pits of miscommunication? Certainly not. So what do we do? We apply the saying dawa ya moto ni moto loosely translated as medicine of fire is fire (well, that is for my two Russian followers)

So communication (poor) brought you to this point? Then try communicating. Try saying what you feel, what you want… How you feel things should go (in a nice tone of course) speak your mind... don’t hold back words that describe your emotions… ask those questions… go there… Otherwise those words will pile up and one day your world will crumble and you will drown in all the words you left unsaid. Just coz they are acting some typa way don’t mean they stopped loving you come on now Susan you’re overreacting. Ask what’s up. She didn’t text? How about you call her and get to know why instead of jumping to conclusions?

Now go do that and don’t say this clergyman never told you.