Everyone has their personal way of slotting people into categories based on their personal experiences and upbringing. These biases are part of being human. We can learn to be other than the sum of our experience and upbringing. Over time I've developed my own way to judge others. I ask myself one simple question. The answer to that single question determines for me the amount I feel I am able to believe in or trust the person in question.
What is that question? It's this: Would I like to have the person over to my house for dinner? For added perspective I think about how I would expect them to behave. Would they expect to be waited on or would they pitch in to help? I'm not big on formality but I am big on common courtesy.
What image do you exude? Would I want you to come to my house for dinner?
For me leave the formality at the door. Just be yourself, no matter what that is, and we will get along fine. I believe in the saying "treat others as you would want to be treated". If we all would look a little deeper inside each other than just what we see on the outside think how beautiful our lives would be. Love your new blog...
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