Everyone looks at each other and sees just another face in a crowd. People become “friends” with each other, but they only get to know each other on the shallowest level, “what’s your name, where do you work, what school did you go to.” they don’t get to KNOW her… They don’t find out what their interests are, what their passions are, why they are who they are.

Is it so hard to truly talk to someone? Ask them who their family is, what they believe, who they love, what their favorite activity is, why they believe what they believe, why they love the people they love, why they enjoy the things they enjoy.

These are just a few things that only scratch the surface of who a person really is, and they’re the most interesting part of them. Not what sports team they prefer, not how much of a jerk their boss is, not where they went to college. These things are all boring, shallow, dull, colorless. They’re the kind of thing you discuss with the guy across the counter while you wait for your coffee, the person beside you on the bus, that guy at work that’s kinda weird.

Why does the world limit itself to these bland subjects? How come none of you discuss the matters that actually matter? How can you chew over such bland meals as sports teams and politics, when a 3 course dinner with steak and mashed potatoes is a single question away?

I don’t understand how you all walk through life discussing nothing more than news and work every day. It’s just so dull. You all settle for the shell that people put up, why don’t you crack that shell and get at the meat of who they are?

If you do, I promise you won’t regret it. You’ll learn new things, you’ll understand who someone is, they’ll understand who you are, and most of all, you’ll have made a true friend.

  1. downhillcarver posted this