Culture of One

I found the culture of one to be a really good experience. I think it was a good reminder of the old saying,
"don't judge a book by it's cover", which I think more often than not, people forget. There are so many things you don't know about people and things you would never guess they went through. I learned a fair amount about the two others in my group, which I probably wouldn't have learned otherwise if it weren't for the culture of one exercise.
Not being able to talk or respond to what the others said felt a tad odd and awkward at first. However, I enjoyed it after a few minutes. Sometimes people just need to talk and get a feeling or idea out there, they don't really need or want your opinion, they just want you to listen. I know this is true for me. This was the very first opportunity I had to talk about my fathers death three years ago and how it effected me, as well as how I feel about it, without someone interrupting me and telling me how they felt about it.
I think often times when people don't say "yes" or "uh-huh" during a conversation, the other might often feel as though they're being ignored. However, I did not feel this way during the culture of one activity because my group and I all made really good eye contact with each other. I didn't ever question whether they were listening or not. I think one really damaging part of our culture is our need to respond, relate, and interrupt. Perhaps, this is why there are so many problems, no one actually just listens.