LET'S INTERACT
It's often said that humans are social beings. That implies that they strongly yearn for interactions with fellow humans and other beings or things in their environment. Even the reserved ones amongst us still craves interactions. I happen to belong to the reserved class. It might not be very obvious now, thanks to self development.
Over the years I have worked on getting better in some certain aspects of life, being a bit more interactive happens to be one of those aspects.
The younger me was an extreme secluded being. During festivities, where tradition demands that we gather with other members of the extended family under a roof, I do get lost, wallowing in a lone company; interacting with just me and me.
Other relatives do forget that I was ever around. That's to tell you how critical my case was. Not for my ever caring elder sister, I would've been observing compulsory dry fasts during those periods. It use take a reminder from her, for the food server to keep my portion of food for me. If not.......; Your guess is as good as mine.
My elder sister
Despite my seeming unsociable nature, I use to and I still crave interactions with other people. When the ice and the tension between me and another person eventually breaks and we get vibing, my sweetness do mesmerize the other party.
I always get that reaction of;
"oh! I never knew that you were this sweet".
And I'll often reply, sarcastically with;
"Have I now become diabetic?"
My subtle sarcasms would yet validate my pleasantness.
By first hand experience, I can boldly assert that;
both social and unsocial people do craves interactions with fellow humans.
We all want to connect with others.
Don't we?
That would imply that interactions among humans are inevitable. In fact it's the very act and art of living.
What else is living, if not interacting?
Based on this, there are different pieces of advice on who to interact with and on how to interact, especially when and the interaction is a close one; the kind that leads to friendship.
You'll commonly hear that you should make friends with those who adds value to your life. I agree with that, but it is not as simple as we make it sound. Is it?
To most of us, a person that adds value to our life would be that person who can hold an intelligent discussion, that financial guru, that crypto lord or that intellectual juggernaut etc, but is that all it is to value?
How about.....?
How about that person who always listens to you while you offload all that's on your mind; the exasperations and the gratifications; the tortures and the rapture; the vices and the versas? He/she listens, even if he/she doesn't have a meaningful contribution. How about such a person?
How about the one that have a way of making you laugh, just to take your mind off the ills in this blue marble planet?
How about the person that would stick his/her neck out for you any day?
How about those that would turn up for you and for anything that concerns you, even if they don't understand much of what you do?
Aren't those virtues part and parcel of value.
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Just before you ditch friends, jump ships, collapse bridges;
before you divorce from that friendship, I think you should have a rethink of what value really is.
I might not know many things, but I know this;
people that are loyal to you are invaluable assets. If the only value they bring to the table is loyalty, it is enough. Give them a chair.
Why all these?
Let's say I'm new to Hive community.
Let's say I'm craving interactions in here.
Let's say I'm saying that I welcome all set of people.
Let's say I'll like us to connect and interact
Let's say....
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I couldn't agree more. One sage advice my Dad always drummed into my ears right from childhood was - no man is an island on his own. He believes in valuing relationships.
Your article on human interactions is just brilliant. Most times in our search for people to relate with, we leave those who are physically close (and can add value to our life's journey), cross the proverbial oceans and mountains in search of those who cannot.
It's important we identify what we want in life and study people to know whether or not they fit into what we need.
That's a timeless truth. It all depends on what we need. The knowledge of that would determine who we let into our space.
Thanks for reading through. I also appreciate the re-blog.
Oh I love this post so much, every person should read this and know why we humans should interact.
I could tell you had a kinda hard time while growing up being the reserved type. But am glad you've improved from that, I can see that from your posts 😊
Indeed, every person in our lives has their own value they add to our knives, we have to keep interacting and keep appreciating what we have.
Let's say we keep interacting with each other on Hive, this platform will become the best platform ever with a really big family 😃
Awesome post @mmykel keep it up 👍
Thanks @merit.ahama. Let's hope and let's also hope that our hope come true.😂
Thanks for the re-blog @princessbusayo. Glad to connect with you here.
Hope you're good?
Yes, I am good. You are welcome