Substance

I find myself getting very irritated by small talk lately. Once the conversation moved into double digit minutes of not really talking about anything, I find myself starting to get annoyed. There's so much happening in the world around us and we're just passing the time talking to fill the silence. Surely there must be more to our connection than that. 

I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing yet. If it's just my impatience showing through at this time. If it's as Walt Whitman wrote about this new identity breaking through the old. I feel like I have so much I want to do and having a conversation that doesn't help me further that or interest me in anyway is something I think I want to try to cut-out. 

On the flip of all of this, is there some responsibility I should consider as far as elevating and/or deepening the conversation. I'm not sure. I'm just noticing my irritation and trying to figure it out.