It is true that deep down we know what we want, but it is hard to acknowledge what cannot be named.

Language limits the expression of individuals more than we care to acknowledge.

Have you observed the frustration when a person is learning a new language, how they struggle to express themselves and the obvious limitation it brings them? You can actually see the unease.

Do you notice that when those same people switch to their mother tongue, they become fluent and relaxed? You see a calm setting in.

This is exactly the conflict within most individuals. It is not a limitation of understanding but a limitation of language. When people seek advice from others, what they actually seek is a name for what their experiencing. Once they can name it, it becomes fully expressed and then they own it.

With reading, writing, listening, painting, experimenting, observing and living, most times, we are building vocabulary to fully express our being.

Language is a powerful vehicle for expression.

– Osasu Oviawe