Smooth Talkers
What makes us believe smooth talkers? I’m thinking of my ex, in particular. He’s not your typical smooth talker. He’s the type who can tell the truth and a lie side by side without flinching. Smooth like a hot knife through butter, like a plasma cutter through heavy metal. He can cut right through the situation and make most people so confused, so swept up in the worlds, that nobody questions the validity. I used to be sucked in by the stories he wove.
But, my outlook is decidedly more skeptical now when it comes to listening to him. Does it take a willingness to WANT to believe a smooth talker? Most of us know when to roll our eyes and ignore a smooth talking salesman, but if we’re in a relationship we might not be so savvy. I’m queen of the skeptics right now. ? Put me up against almost any smooth talker out there and I am pretty sure I could see right past the gloss and shine.
Let’s just hope I can maintain this level of wisdom in the future.
My father was the king of smooth talkers.
Keep that bs detector in high gear because there are a lot of intellectual and spiritual predators out there.
Some of ‘em are waiting for us with open arms and nothing else to offer.
You have the wisdom. You have the heart. You are resilient.