More in common

What do you see when you first meet a person? How they look? How they are dressed?

What do you do with that information? Make a judgement on how similar or dissimilar they are to you?

What do you do with that judgement? Treat them better? Get to know them more? Dismiss them?

It is general knowledge that first impressions always matter, that we as human beings always gravitate towards what we are familiar with. In a sense, there is safety in familiarity.

Without dismissing the importance of first impressions and familiarity, being open and inquisitive are also good traits to have. Openness to new experiences, new places, new people can sometimes be rewarding. When we take time to interact with others, learn about them and learn from them, we may come to realise that we have more in common than we have in differences.