This Zulu greeting is a truly thoughtful way to acknowledge someone.
It means ‘I see you’.
The response is Ngikhona, 'I am here.'
Everyone wants to be seen, heard and understood.
It’s a basic human need.
Unfortunately, making eye contact is quickly becoming a lost art.
Our gazes are glued to a screen instead of seeing who is standing right in front of us.
Communicating via text has replaced real conversation . . . even between people inside the same building!
Social Media is an oxymoron that charades as a connector but in reality offers a virtual fake façade. The connection we think is at our fingertips is facilitating a divide that is driving us to lose touch with each other and the real world. Too often we only see a highlight reel of someone’s life that makes our reality pale in comparison.
We turn to likes, shares and followers to satisfy our insatiable appetite for attention . . . to be seen, heard and understood.
Instead, we only need to look at who is right in front of us.
Sawubona.
Ngikhona.
It means ‘I see you’.
The response is Ngikhona, 'I am here.'
Everyone wants to be seen, heard and understood.
It’s a basic human need.
Unfortunately, making eye contact is quickly becoming a lost art.
Our gazes are glued to a screen instead of seeing who is standing right in front of us.
Communicating via text has replaced real conversation . . . even between people inside the same building!
Social Media is an oxymoron that charades as a connector but in reality offers a virtual fake façade. The connection we think is at our fingertips is facilitating a divide that is driving us to lose touch with each other and the real world. Too often we only see a highlight reel of someone’s life that makes our reality pale in comparison.
We turn to likes, shares and followers to satisfy our insatiable appetite for attention . . . to be seen, heard and understood.
Instead, we only need to look at who is right in front of us.
Sawubona.
Ngikhona.