Squash Ambiguity

I’ve been thinking.

Let me start again.

I’ve been immersed in thinking about ambiguity of late.

Ambiguity in expertise.

Ambiguity in public opinion.

Ambiguity galore.

These were rather academic discussions, but today it materialised.

I will not go into depth, but essentially I was playing golf and I mistakenly hit my ball near someone who was in the trees.

This person stopped and waited for me to walk up.

They didn’t say a word. They just stared.

I was used to this stomping ground, it had been by home for over 5 years.

They continued to stare and finally said that they were letting me play through.

They didn’t say why, but expected me to know the answer.

They continued to stare as I played out the hole.

Of course I knew why they were staring.

But I’m practicing not apologising when someone doesn’t alert the issue or problem.

Especially when they had the indecency to stare, for staring sakes.

In my head, I wish they had said something.

I was thinking:

‘You can stare all you like, people have been staring at me my whole life’

Staring doesn’t solve anything.

The silence here actually endangers a situation, rather than resolving it.

I’ve found, especially in the last few years, that if you have an issue that is bothering you to the point where you have to use non-verbal action to demonstrate your anger; you should probably speak up.

Being civil in disagreement is a deft touch.

Not many have it.

Not saying I do, just saying for saying sake.

We’ve lost the ability to debate.

To disagree.

It’s the problem with our global society.

My friend and I profusely disagree on many topics, but we agree on some core tenets and values.

It makes every discussion fruitful and enlightening.

They have been a great proponent in this idea of ‘actionable thinking’.

Anyway, if you have a chance in life, just do me a favour.

Squash Ambiguity