I’d just written, in the Daily Post, about what’s sometimes described as a ‘verbal monologue of thoughts,’ or… one’s ‘inner voice.’
This could be one of the most fascinating, compelling forms of communication, a person’s inner voice saying things, all the time, but there’s just one thing… it’s communication that can’t be heard, nor read… not a single word of it! Unless maybe a psychic could tune in to some of it, but who knows, for sure, if that’s possible?
I keep wondering what inner voices might be saying, in reaction to everything going on, nowadays. Not some of the biggest things, necessarily, like political BS (my inner voice, by the way, actually was telling me to write “political bullshit”… but I toned it down, to ‘BS,’ for this article.)
But you see what I mean about inner voices being compellingly different? Mine tends to say saltier words, which I didn’t use in my professional career. When I was a PR guy, I needed to be careful, communicating.
I do get amused, listening to my inner voice. Let me tell you… some of the things it’s saying, about politics and various politicians, for example… you don’t even want to know!
Stuff featured in TV news! That, too! Like, what are they called, ‘influencers?’ — these overly energized people endorsing things, I guess online mostly, and all of a sudden, some new fad is born!
Maybe I’m just jealous, since when I was attempting to influence opinion, using rather standard PR methods at the time, I wasn’t getting such rapid-fire results.
And besides, who would have gotten all excited, seeing someone like me, all pinstriped and buttoned-down, cavorting around online?
You don’t want to hear my verbal monologue of thoughts, when I’m getting one of those fraudulent emails, or when various unknown callers are calling on the phone. About the only word I can repeat, here, is my inner voice, usually, mentioning the word ‘crap’ in its commentary.
And, reading just some of the headlines in my newsfeed, can get my inner voice going off like fireworks… like, these headlines, for example:
FBI looking into alleged GoFundMe dog scam by Rep. George Santos
Nikki ‘Women Don’t Care About Contraception’ Haley Is Running for President
Caving to the Right on Black history, the College Board gives a course in cowardice
Bullying Librarians is for Know-Nothings.
Maybe that’s the thing with inner voices, getting right to the heart of things?
Harvey Radin is former senior vice president in charge of corporate communications and media relations, Bank of America Western Region. He makes his home in Redwood City, CA.