Mind Reading

I remember my first writng assignments in high school. My teacher told me my writing was too cryptic and that I assumed readers would know what I was thinking. I realized that they didn't and that I had to explain myself in order to be understood. I think we do this in conversation too. We may think about something for quite a while and then tell someone our conclusion. The listener hears the bottom line but does not know how we got to that conclusion. Such communication leaves our statements open to misinterpretation. It would help to remember that we are the only ones in our minds and we might have to provide some background for our thoughts to be understood.