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It’s funny how you can start to have a conversation with someone and think that you’re both talking about the same thing only to discover that the two of you are having radically different conversations. One example of that happened to me recently when the topic of conversation somehow managed to turn to solar signs.

There were four of us in the car when this conversation occurred and each of us thought we were talking about something different. One friend thought that we were talking about zodiac signs. Another friend thought that we were talking about signs that emanate from the sun as the result of some sort of scientific change in the air. And I thought that we were talking about symbolism associated with the sun in history or literature.

It turned out that the person who had brought it up was talking about safety signs. Apparently solar safety signs are traffic warning signs that are illuminated using lights that are powered by the sun. Who knew?

Of course, most of the time it’s easy to figure out that two (or more) people are talking about strikingly different things. But it’s important to keep in mind that these differences in thought occur on a regular basis. By explaining ourselves more clearly when we speak, we can avoid the confusion that comes along with miscommunication!

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