DEUX / TEE #6

Everyone knows it when people are judged or evaluated, perhaps also subconsciously, according to their first impression. Or maybe also after the second or third. Today I understand how people present themselves to the outside world, does not show how they really are. Most people carry a very heavy pack with them, in which they have stowed away the ballast from the past, the problems of the present and the fear of the future. And this baggage naturally influences how a person presents and behaves. Whether he responds to your smile with a smile or with ignorance . Whether he greets you or walks past you in silence. Whether your supposedly great love is just a memory from one day to the next. All this is influenced by feelings, experiences and thoughts that a person carries around with him or her day after day. Maybe the conceited bitch is just insecure and unhappy after all. Maybe the ever-glowing shop assistant is secretly depressed. Maybe your boss is just unfriendly because he lost his wife.

What you see at first glance is not always the truth. Even second and third impressions can only show a version of the person that does not reflect the true essence. It is always worth taking a closer look, asking again, or giving another smile until it is eventually returned.

What I want to say is: a person has an infinite number of faces. Take time to see a few of them. To understand the laughter. To understand the origin of the tears. To question the outburst of anger. Not to take the break-up personally and to take the kiss with a grain of salt. To SEE a person. All their faces. All facets. All sides. Good and bad. And everything in between.

LEONIE ISABEL