Now I guess most of you know by now that I am an 'odball'. I don't really care anymore; I try to live my life the way I think I should lead it, rather than the way others would have me lead it.
One of my 'quirks' (as my family would have it) is that I say 'hello' to everyone I pass in the street (nearly everybody; if their body language tells me 'no', I don't - but they are in the minority).
I have noticed something. If people feel that they have something in common to the both of them, they are far more likely to reciprocate.
I use a crutch; whenever I meet a disabled person, I see an immediate empathy and what amounts to a 'hail fellow in the same boat'.
What I don't understand is why people seem to need that extra 'something in common' to feel that way. We are, after all, all humans - surely that is enough ?
What do you think? why are some so insular ?
One of my 'quirks' (as my family would have it) is that I say 'hello' to everyone I pass in the street (nearly everybody; if their body language tells me 'no', I don't - but they are in the minority).
I have noticed something. If people feel that they have something in common to the both of them, they are far more likely to reciprocate.
I use a crutch; whenever I meet a disabled person, I see an immediate empathy and what amounts to a 'hail fellow in the same boat'.
What I don't understand is why people seem to need that extra 'something in common' to feel that way. We are, after all, all humans - surely that is enough ?
What do you think? why are some so insular ?