Pauseitivity

I’ve never had an issue saying the quiet parts out loud. Because making someone else uncomfortable…feels better than sitting in the discomfort of leaving something unsaid. But today I ear hustled my way into a conversation…that helped me understand why some people find comfort in awkward silences. The words spoken hinted at emotional instability; but the energy felt like a deep level of shared distrust. And everything in me wanted to pause their sh*t show, to encourage them to constructively air out the real issue. Unfortunately, the longer I listened, the more I realized that the tension between them…was because of me. So, I sat back and let it play out. Shocked by how assumptions…can literally lead to a$$ clown behavior.