Catching Idle Butterflies

Damned words

Words are amazing things. They allow us to communicate our thoughts, our fellings, our beliefs better than any other medium.

But they can also be very frustrating. A joke can be taken seriously, an insult inferred when none was intended. A point taken when a different one was given.

I'm a bit frustrated in my lack of ability to explain certain things, things I know to be true.

How does one do that and not appear arrogant, as though I see myself as "special" and therefore better, when that is far from the case?