Day 031:
"You can never know about your own destiny: are the people you meet there to play a part in your destiny, or do you exist just to play a role in theirs?"
- Libba Bray, Going Bovine
I’m impressionable.
I tend to pick up the phonetic and lexical idiosyncracies of the group I stick with after a while, maybe as a subconscious way of seeking acceptance in a group. For instance, joke-types or fake German or Transylvanian accents or even the preference of speaking in English or Tagalog.
But there are also instances where I am seen as “influential” (Just a few, though. Hahahaha). People follow what I say, or ask me for advice, or look to me to get things done.
In our encounters, what I find most interesting is that spectrum in which we find ourselves. Sometimes we are blown away by the influence of other people. They make a dent in the fabric of ourselves that after meeting some people we are changed forever. Sometimes, we are the bludgeoning force that causes the change in other people. More often than not, we’re caught somewhere in between.
I enjoy meeting new people. It's fun.
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