The ability to communicate correctly with each other is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Our inability to communicate is sometimes at the heart of many of our greatest and most serious problems. We mis-communicate with each other when we don''t say or don''t hear what we really need to say or hear.

 

I''m reminded of the story of the older couple who lived in the mountains. One evening the old gentleman was feeling rather romantic, and he complimented his wife and said, "I''m proud of you, Ma." She was only half listening and replied, "I''m tired of you too, Pa."

 

All of us make mistakes at times in communications. But words are not the only way we communicate. We sometimes communicate with actions. You've often heard someone say, "Your actions speak so loudly, I can''t hear wh…