understanding

9.24.2016

I was attempting to clarify something that an acquaintance shared with me today, and he said, "I told you, I'm not easily understood." He said this with some sense of pride.

I wonder why this is something that one should be proud of. WHY do we want to be complicated, to make others struggle to understand us? Is that sort of "complexity" considered sexy or intriguing in some way? Should understanding really be a game we must play?

I know that some people are uncomfortable with the raw honesty of another simply saying what they think and feel (and I'm not referring to bluntness, or rudeness, but simply to being clear in our thoughts, feelings, and intentions). However, I prefer the idea of surrounding myself with people who don't require guessing games as a component of relationships, but who instead create simplicity in human interactions and save complexity for the exploration of big ideas and the solving of the world's problems.