When you speak, you are literally joining two worlds.

To coordinate successfully, your requests must be precise and detailed. You’re not insulting the listener if you make detailed requests. You’re setting up the possibility for mutual satisfaction.

When you make a promise, you’re committing yourself to a future action and building expectation for that action in the other party.

And in the very act of attentive witnessing, you can be released from the grip of their automaticity.

Awareness of your body allows you to act with dignity and power.