More than just words

I am just about realising it now.

Reading between the lines is not that difficult an art, but I think it's been long forgotten. Next time someone says something, or writes somethings, or even sends an SMS to you, rather than paying attention to the messge as a whole, pay attention to the words used, the sentences formed. The structure of the message sometimes tells an entirely different story from the message itself.

Many times, you'll sense emotions in words. I don't mean emotions that the person on the other side wished to convey. When you know someone for some time, you know the words (s)he generally makes use of. Deviations from those, average lengths of sentences, the adjectives, adverbs, nouns ... all go a long way in telling you what was the state of the person while writing the message.

Or maybe I am just too sceptical to trust anyone.