When we live together.

This is the twen­ty-second in a series of posts reflec­ting on the gene­ral decline of civi­li­ty. These posts should be read in order of publi­ca­tion. Star­ting with num­ber six, for example, would make no sense to the rea­der. Hap­py reading!

Gree­ting each other. A simple ges­ture that makes all the dif­fe­rence. To greet each other you need two people. One per­son who greets and ano­ther who greets back. The first per­son cer­tain­ly gets a grea­ter sense of accom­plish­ment than the second. The first to greet is rewar­ded for taking a risk. The risk that the other does not respond. Obvious­ly, if the other does not reci­pro­cate, the first must be pre­pa­red to deal with a pos­sible disappointment.

The second per­son will respond, gene­ra­ting both the reward of the first, while gai­ning the bene­fit of recog­ni­tion from the civil gene­ro­si­ty of the first. Being reco­gni­zed by a gree­ting is gra­ti­fying, it satis­fies our need to exist and nou­rishes our esteem and our sense of secu­ri­ty at the same time. I won’t go into the rea­sons for refu­sing to respond and the conse­quences, of which there can be several.

All of this leads us to a hypo­the­sis: gree­tings are essen­tial for the main­te­nance of the social fabric. This emo­tio­nal fabric under which we all sit and where things are good, but for which we must always manage mul­tiple conflicts.

To be continued…

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Abbie Sims: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acsims/

Last Upda­ted on May 26, 2021 by Coach Dan­ny