Evolving Relationships

[Jean-Paul Richard]

Recently I have had two parallel occasions to meet a person for the first time. First impressions may be important, but are nothing when compared to the expanded view you get of a person with a follow-on meeting. It can be like a scenic panorama opening up. The first glimpse may be clad in fog, with only the expected highpoints showing through. The next view, based on a longer exposure, reveals so much more about that person’s likes, interests and even dislikes. Every person carries with them a full complement of backgrounds and interests and only if those complement or supplement your own background and interests in an intriguing way will you want to continue the experience.  

[Jeanette Cheezum]

I can hear your voice strong and clear in this one, JP.

[Teresa]

It's interesting that you're writing about this today.  I'm just getting to know some girls I've had exposure to for almost two years, but haven't really gotten to know.  Sometimes repeated exposure fails to reveal enough about a person if they hold back or if I fail to expose more of myself.  It takes a lot of trust.  Hard to come by sometimes.  Great six.

[Russo Lewis]

I like this; it reminds me of the puzzle, that each person builds the design of their own and we are but a piece of that puzzle that is theirs and they fit a certain place in ours. We do redesign our own to better fit another's plan and if they in turn make similar adjustments that may qualify as friendship and taken further, even love.  But I detour too much from the picture of interests and backgrounds that compliment and supplement our own. That is yet another dimension of relationships in evolution. Most intriguing, all things considered.