Tuesday, March 20, 2007

The first conversation at Coaching Corner

First, many thanks to Kim(and also Skype!)
While I was talking with Kim, I was reading her introduction and looking at her big smile.
How could I open my heart to her so easily without any resistance although I know her barely. I think, there was a bond between us, sincere and genuine. I was supposed to be her coach, but she was my coach. She had come through a harsh time, which I never had. I felt her strength, at the same time how warmhearted she was. I asked her what made the difference between people who embraced what they have now from people who live with anger and pain, enormous pain. She said everything was choice.

'Patience', it is the word I like to think about in our conversation. Children who have an autistic spectrum do something else rather than verbal in order to communicate with others. So it is important to listen to their non-verbal communication with patience, try to figure out the form of their communication, otherwise we will never understand them. It is also important to have patience when we have dialogue. But one question remains. One cannot listen to the other all the time, so reciprocity is necessary in order to continue the dialogue and develop it. Even between an adult and a child or any combination of people, can we improve reciprocity and how?

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