I love quirks, and weird stories, and mannerisms. I love how there can be things that are just a truth to all humanity, but then each person is so starkly different. Even people that I've met and at first didn't like, have become people I can't get enough of because I just think they're great. That starts to sound weird, I think, but at the same time I don't really care.
I love people that I know so well, (or so I think) that I think I can't possibly like them any more, - then, I learn something new, or we share a new experience. Those are some of the richest moments in life, the ones spent with someone who's heart you know, and yet you still relish in just being around them, and you still learn about them!
There have been very few people I've met that I continually don't like. I could maybe count them on one hand. So basically, if you're a person, I love you (in a not creepy way, I promise).
It's funny I was just having a conversation about this with my mom. I was saying that, to me, people are the most important thing in this world; they are what makes life worth living. And yet, people are what cause all problems; they are what makes life difficult. I thought, I wish I could just not like people and not need them, and I could go live in the mountains and knit for the rest of my life...but I know I'd be miserable. Even in a hypothetical world where I don't like people, I can't see that working for me.
Sometimes, this love for people goes beyond social norms. Haha, these are the best situations, that later make me shove my face in my pillow and laugh out of sheer embarrassment (now you all know the secret to how I survive, haha). Asking questions that I don't think are weird to ask, but might be weird for someone else. Or hugging people too long, or too soon, ha, a personal favorite (I really, really like hugs). Or affirming someone too much, so that they stop believing me long before I've finished.
And I think that is the heart of life! For people to be known to the core. I think that is the coolest thing one can do in life! Truly know people, and care about who they are.
