Guest guest Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Once someone used circles to illustrate something to me which has stayed with me ever since because it was so profound in its simplicity. He said we are all like circles (and drew images to illustrate). When we meet other people, our circles partly overlap. To what degree depends on how much we have in common. With poeple who have tastes, views, values and experiences very similar to our own, the overlapping bit can be bigger than the part that's not overlapping. But with people who are very different from ourselves, there may be only the tiniest sliver overlapping, or none at all. The more that overlaps, the easier for us to like, understand and feel comfortable with the other person. But our respecive differences also makes us interesting to each other since we will then have something to learn from each other too. So having much in common but not everything, sounds rather ideal. Inger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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