There is a particular satisfaction in sending a reply while I am still annoyed. For a few seconds, everything seems beautifully clear. Then there is the small matter of another person receiving it.
A pause gives me time to decide what I actually want the conversation to do. Explain something? Resolve something? Or deliver a tiny parcel of irritation with my name on it? I can keep the first two aims and reconsider the third. Leaving a message unsent for a while is sometimes the most useful contribution I can make.
An original reflection by Theo Luke Dornan. Independent and not affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous or AA World Services.