On my last post I mentioned when I was a teenager liking a girl but not having the nerve to talk to her. And if you recall the movie “Indecent Proposal”, with Robert Redford and Demo Moore, there’s a scene where Redford’s characters explains he’s making the indecent proposal because once he saw this girl at a train station and he didn’t say anything to her. He just saw her ride away. He promised that would never happen again.

How often does that happen to you? You see someone that tickles your fancy and for fear of sounding stupid or because you can’t think of what to say, s/he just vanishes. You’re left behind to curse yourself for another lost opportunity.

One of the things I read that seems quite sensible is this: Say Anything. The idea is that when you’re faced with a situation as described above, just say anything. It doesn’t matter how dumb or silly it will sound. Saying anything is a lot better than watching that person slip away.

If you think about is, “Great day, isn’t it?” isn’t nearly as dumb as silence.



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