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Monday, October 4

Meeting new people seems difficult for some of us... We tend to think of what they will think of us, how best to approach them to get on good terms with them, and if there might be any habit of ours that they will find silly or look down upon. But just a week later these 'new people' have probably become your friends. And when you continue to meet more and more people, the mindset that many of us have that everyone out there is the same and they are all part of the ratrace will slowly get dispelled.You finally start to get a grasp of just many different souls and opinions and mindsets or perspectives are out there in the world.You'll find that each and every person has some amazing unique ability (or abilities), and each person has some unique interesting story to tell from his/her life, no matter what background they come from. Forget people from different cultures or countries, even your neighbour could be someone who has an attitude towards life that you have never thought of before.
But getting back to my first point, how is it that we can become friends with them so easily if every single person on the planet is so unique? It's because we do have some similar interests, and the more the better. Just like we are nervous when we meet them for the first time, they are also nervous of our opinions about them, though they will not show it. Afterall doesn't that make you look weak and insecure?
And also it's fun :D....If we take the time to understand every new person we meet, it's like diving into the universe's most dense and diverse library. Forget an actual library-because an actual library has the thoughts of only those people who WANT to write books. But when we physically meet new people, they give us a plethora of knowledge and understanding of the way things work around us....

9 comments:

  1. This is so true... :D (sigh) Its scary at first and then you end up having the best of times with those very people!

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  2. meeting new frnds...sigh..its a great feeling..the first step is always the hardest..but once we get to know them..its like weve known them since years...nd da feelings mutual..ure mi best frnd jason..:P

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  3. haha! :D im honoured...you too...

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  4. i can so empathise..real clear description..:):)
    awsummmmm...!!!!

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  5. You don't need to have a base of common interests to be good friends. Its usually the understanding that binds a friendship. You can have a million people liking the same thing yet not all of them are bound to like each other.

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  6. i was talking from personal experience though....found it very hard to have a decent conversation with someone who didnt have any common interests...

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