Do not cast pearls before swine.
Matthew 7:6
A concise segue could be something more like ,”Pull Back From People Who Won’t Listen To You.” Or “Know your audience”, as they say. Or more so directly, “If people are not listening to you, stop talking to them!“
Cold. Isn’t it?
Let’s unpack.
What this simply means is: If you’re talking to someone or say trying to have a conversation but as it turns out that this person is no where near listening to what you have to say (by virtue of their deeply possessed stone-etched rigidity), then more often than not, it’s at your best interest that you shut the fuck up and save yourself an insult!
Why am i saying this?
Paraphrasing Jordan B. Peterson (one among many of my mentors); what he says is that — in cases like this, the one we’re right now putting a microscope on; there could only be two prospective certainties :-
One, if you somehow feel that the other person is not trying to engage and rather oxygenate conflicts after conflicts then you aren’t who they think you are.
Or, two, you’re not where you think you are! On plain sight, you are just somewhere you don’t belong! Not at least around a good influence!
Because you see, when you’re with people who don’t really listen, there’s no real dialogue occurring between you two, and sure enough this person you merely think you’re having a meaningful conversation with is clearly not interested in your say of the matter. And, by giving them your time and energy, you are just devaluing what you have to say by offering to an audience that reject it.
So, why give a fuck at all!
Peterson further advises, “If you stop talking to people who aren’t listening to you and start watching them instead, they’ll tell you what they’re up to.”
Choose wisely.