March 11

 We talked in class about communication and the different forms of communication and I found it very interesting. Communication in relationships can be really hard if you don't go about it correctly but it really is key. Without proper communication, relationships become 10 times harder than they need to be. All the time in movies and TV shows the drama gets created most of the time because of lack of communication. For example in one of my all-time favorite TV shows "Gilmore Girls", so many of the problems get created because they don't talk to each other and they keep things from each other for too long. An example from this show is when one of the characters doesn't tell her boyfriend that she talked to her ex and he freaks out, when in reality if she would have been upfront about it then the boyfriend wouldn't have really cared because she communicated and was upfront and honest about it. 

Sometimes it easier said than done though. We don't always feel the need to communicate everything when sometimes it is necessary. Lack of communication can create a wall between two people in a relationship. The wall is built up because you start to feel guilty for not communicating something that wouldn't have been such a big deal if you would have said it to the other person in the first place. It also lessens the amount of confusion in a relationship. For example, if you are going on multiple dates with somebody but neither of you communicate what you are then there will be a big thing of confusion in the relationship because neither of you know what the relationship is. Are you casually dating? Serious relationship? Neither of you know until you talk and communicate.

Somebody else that it is important to communicate with is Heavenly Father. If you have any problems or worries, he is somebody with through communication you can share everything with and you can receive answers to prayers in many different ways of communication through him. God can communicate is so many different ways including promptings, blessings, trials, other people, talks, events, etc. There are so many ways we can communicate with our Heavenly Father and he will respond as long as we are trying and keeping the communication constant.

We learn are earliest knowledge of our communication from our parents which is why it is so important teach our kids you how to have good communication skills. I think having those skills will help so much later in their lives. It will help them academically, socially, it will even help them when they are getting jobs when they are older. Although nobody has perfect communication skills as long as we try and communicate then we are far better off then if we just keep it to ourselves.