SIGN LANGUAGE

There's a lot of signs around these days - have you noticed?  I bet your mind jumped right to the kind of signs that are stuck in the ground, in the yards or along the roadways, the political candidates' signs. Am I right?   "Sign Language" popped into my mind.   Sign Language. 

Click on this link to find information about the meaning of Sign Language. 

Most of us have seen someone "signing" from time to time. A common sign is "I Love You" which is composed of the letter signs of I, L, Y: And, most of us have seen other signs which aren't so pleasant. I'm not going to post that here. If you've never taken time to think about the many ways, the many signs of human communication, I hope you'll take a few moments to read my thoughts about it.

In a college level communications class I learned that only 7% of communication is with words.  That leaves 93% as non-verbal. And of the 93%, some 50 plus % is non-verbal.  What is non-verbal communication you may ask?   In the class, we were very surprised to learn the low percentage of communication by words.  We did an experiment which you can try yourself.

A.M. What expressions do you have on your face as you first wake up?  or as your alarm goes off?  What are your mannerisms - do you jump out of bed and drop to do 25 push ups?  Do you roll over and pull your pillow over your head?  Do you throw your pillow across the room?   If you are alone, your facial expressions in the morning and throughout the day and evening will not affect others, so non-verbal communication, though it exists, is kind of one sided here.

Its really difficult right now, to think of the reaction of the first person you encounter in a public place because in 2020 we are all wearing masks (or should be) and now we can only see reactions by people's eyes, or their overall body language.

The experiment was a day long event, when you tracked the interactions you had with others which were ways to communicate without verbal or audible sounds.   You get the picture don't you?  

The signs we've been seeing - poked in the ground to promote a candidate - are many.  How about looking at your daily activities and make a note of the signs you see and what they mean.  Then maybe you'll have more insight when you use the phrase, "lack of communication" because so much of how we interact with others is not verbal.

Do you tell the daily weather by a certain sign in the morning? What sign is that?

Do you suspect a weather change by your own health? What would that sign be?

Are there changes in mother nature that predict a change of the seasons?  Tell us about that.

Is your baby hungry?  How do you know that?

Its a sign!  I can tell!   Share your stories or comments about "SIGNS and SIGN Language.  

Thanks for stopping by.  Till we meet again, be blessed!  SB