Talk to me (Week 40)
"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning." Oh sure, I could send a text. Do it all the time. But what about heeding the wise words of Maya Angelou and using my voice to reach out? That's what I did for a week after putting together a list of seven friends I hadn't spoken to in a long time. It was magical. I have been a bad friend for most of my life. Some of the greatest people I have ever shared time with have just melted away. For me, and I suspect for a lot of people, it takes a Herculean effort to pick up a phone after years apart and launch into a conversation. But as Thomas Fuller once wrote, all things are difficult before they are easy. There are many times when calling beats texting. and there's a lot of cool science behind the power of the human voice . I was surprised to learn that hearing our own voice during a conversation creates an important feedback loop that affects our...