Why should we pay more attention to interactions?
Interactions.
HUMAN interactions.
Aristotle once quoted:
“Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human. Society is something that precedes the individual. Anyone who either cannot lead the common life or is so self-sufficient as not to need to and therefore does not partake of society is either a beast or a god. ”
Indeed, mankind was made to interact, and the main proof of it is our five senses. Scent, sight, hearing, taste, and touch were designed to allow us to interact with nature and others. It is because of scent we avoid a skunk, and it is because of scent we decide to buy natural flowers instead of plastic ones for Valentine's gift. Art would not be art without the capability of mankind in interacting with things and other people. Emotions need a spark, and this spark comes through our senses.
Not only for pleasure interactions exist. Interactions exist to help us to survive. The sound of a siren and the sign of danger triggers all sort of chemical reactions in our body.
Indeed, interactions play an important role in keeping us alive and what has helped us survive through centuries. From the beginning of times, we humans have been able to evolve, transcend and grow through the basics of connectivity. It has been through drawings, dances, letters, pictures, videos, images, music that we've been able to connect into a deeper level.
That deeper level has allowed us to transcend from generation to generation our history, our beliefs, and our culture. But, my questions to you are:
How were those connections created in the first place?
Are we drawn to talk to some type of people more than others?
How do we make those interactions more meaningful?
First, those connections were merely created based on interactions. And those interactions were possible thanks to our common belief in greater things. If we - as a culture - as a society, as a group- would have not belief in something greater and bigger that connects us all, we, as a species, wouldn't have made it this far. Those connections appeared as an essential tool for survival, but once our survival was granted, why were those connections still in place? But, what's more important, why were they improving?
We've found in interactions the necessary for living. We ask for advice, we discuss issues, we tell stories, we sing songs, we laugh at funny occurrences, and we share our beliefs. Societies have been constructed under these interactions. The manners change from society to society and shape them in different ways.
As globalization comes along, these interactions have been shaped by uniformity and resemblance. Some cultures desperately want to resemble those successful and thriving cultures. The connections between cultures have made uniformity an essential turning point. The beliefs, issues, stories, songs, and funny occurrences have been all materialized or transform in one single piece to be digested and understood for as many people as possible.
Why uniformity and resemblance is something we shouldn't strive to achieve?
Well, all different cultures thrive in different ways. Some evolve sooner; some evolve later. But all of them have thrived in one way or another without being the same. The greatest treasure that we can find in these cases is diversity. Different people, from different cultures that have different ways of doing things connect. They connect, and they thrive. But all of a sudden, someone says that one culture is superior to another, or that there's only one way to do things.
Our value mainly resides in what makes us different.
We hold power in our differences. And our differences are what brings us together.
What unites us is greater than what divides us.
We should all be driven to connect for understanding, comprehension, and evolution; never to put ahead of our beliefs or disregard theirs. We connect to constructively build a culture that is more diverse, strong, and acceptant of difference.
From culture to culture, we may struggle with different things. Or maybe, we struggle with the same things. Something that I'm sure of is that we will come to the fastest solution if we both work together towards that goal. For ourselves and others, that difference will make us solve the problem in such a diverse and different way that we cannot imagine coming up with that idea by ourselves.
As a matter of fact, interacting with new people demands an effort from us than interacting with people we already know. It pushes us to understand the effect of a specific person on us. We must strive for those new interactions all the time to the point connect with new people does not become a struggle, but it becomes something natural to our lives. Plus, practice will lead us to have fun with the process of getting to know new people.
However, if we need a single reason to pursue interaction with new people lies in the fact that every person is unique. We miss every day to get to know something... Unique. Why should we miss such a great opportunity like this one?
Connection, diversity, and unity brought together by human interaction can change people's lives, transform cultures and solve problems with unthinkable creativity.
But, are we drawn to interact with some people more than with others?
Of course. It is in our nature to analyze, read and classify everything about a person we've just met. That sixth sense or that strange or peaceful feeling that you have after talking to someone is not unreal nor useless. That sixth sense is our brain telling us to trust or not to trust someone, to believe in what they believe, and to hear their stories. Or, on the other hand, to walk away, forget everything they said and wanting not to be around them anymore are also signals that our brain transmits to us after interacting with someone. But, can the brain be fooled? Can people appear a certain way and act like another? Can our brain give us a good signal, to later discover that we didn't read that quite well and we might have been fooled? Or maybe we weren't listening correctly...
How do we make interactions more meaningful?
In a world of showcasing ourselves and our achievements, of showing everything that we've done and everything that we're about to experience (mostly only the good things), listening and reading between the lines is something that we all should master. Listening is just the result that everyone is looking for, but no one is finding. Reading between the lines might be a little bit more difficult than listening but quite hopeful. We all don't have perfect lives nor perfect experiences. We experience heartbreak, unmet expectations or dreams unfulfilled, but that doesn't mean we stop living or we stop being human. We still can live and listen and love. We need to be aware that everyone is not having such a great time. That they need to be listened to and be loved, and be empowered.
HUMAN interactions.
Aristotle once quoted:
“Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human. Society is something that precedes the individual. Anyone who either cannot lead the common life or is so self-sufficient as not to need to and therefore does not partake of society is either a beast or a god. ”
Indeed, mankind was made to interact, and the main proof of it is our five senses. Scent, sight, hearing, taste, and touch were designed to allow us to interact with nature and others. It is because of scent we avoid a skunk, and it is because of scent we decide to buy natural flowers instead of plastic ones for Valentine's gift. Art would not be art without the capability of mankind in interacting with things and other people. Emotions need a spark, and this spark comes through our senses.
Not only for pleasure interactions exist. Interactions exist to help us to survive. The sound of a siren and the sign of danger triggers all sort of chemical reactions in our body.
Indeed, interactions play an important role in keeping us alive and what has helped us survive through centuries. From the beginning of times, we humans have been able to evolve, transcend and grow through the basics of connectivity. It has been through drawings, dances, letters, pictures, videos, images, music that we've been able to connect into a deeper level.
That deeper level has allowed us to transcend from generation to generation our history, our beliefs, and our culture. But, my questions to you are:
How were those connections created in the first place?
Are we drawn to talk to some type of people more than others?
How do we make those interactions more meaningful?
First, those connections were merely created based on interactions. And those interactions were possible thanks to our common belief in greater things. If we - as a culture - as a society, as a group- would have not belief in something greater and bigger that connects us all, we, as a species, wouldn't have made it this far. Those connections appeared as an essential tool for survival, but once our survival was granted, why were those connections still in place? But, what's more important, why were they improving?
We've found in interactions the necessary for living. We ask for advice, we discuss issues, we tell stories, we sing songs, we laugh at funny occurrences, and we share our beliefs. Societies have been constructed under these interactions. The manners change from society to society and shape them in different ways.
As globalization comes along, these interactions have been shaped by uniformity and resemblance. Some cultures desperately want to resemble those successful and thriving cultures. The connections between cultures have made uniformity an essential turning point. The beliefs, issues, stories, songs, and funny occurrences have been all materialized or transform in one single piece to be digested and understood for as many people as possible.
Why uniformity and resemblance is something we shouldn't strive to achieve?
Well, all different cultures thrive in different ways. Some evolve sooner; some evolve later. But all of them have thrived in one way or another without being the same. The greatest treasure that we can find in these cases is diversity. Different people, from different cultures that have different ways of doing things connect. They connect, and they thrive. But all of a sudden, someone says that one culture is superior to another, or that there's only one way to do things.
Our value mainly resides in what makes us different.
We hold power in our differences. And our differences are what brings us together.
What unites us is greater than what divides us.
We should all be driven to connect for understanding, comprehension, and evolution; never to put ahead of our beliefs or disregard theirs. We connect to constructively build a culture that is more diverse, strong, and acceptant of difference.
From culture to culture, we may struggle with different things. Or maybe, we struggle with the same things. Something that I'm sure of is that we will come to the fastest solution if we both work together towards that goal. For ourselves and others, that difference will make us solve the problem in such a diverse and different way that we cannot imagine coming up with that idea by ourselves.
As a matter of fact, interacting with new people demands an effort from us than interacting with people we already know. It pushes us to understand the effect of a specific person on us. We must strive for those new interactions all the time to the point connect with new people does not become a struggle, but it becomes something natural to our lives. Plus, practice will lead us to have fun with the process of getting to know new people.
However, if we need a single reason to pursue interaction with new people lies in the fact that every person is unique. We miss every day to get to know something... Unique. Why should we miss such a great opportunity like this one?
Connection, diversity, and unity brought together by human interaction can change people's lives, transform cultures and solve problems with unthinkable creativity.
But, are we drawn to interact with some people more than with others?
Of course. It is in our nature to analyze, read and classify everything about a person we've just met. That sixth sense or that strange or peaceful feeling that you have after talking to someone is not unreal nor useless. That sixth sense is our brain telling us to trust or not to trust someone, to believe in what they believe, and to hear their stories. Or, on the other hand, to walk away, forget everything they said and wanting not to be around them anymore are also signals that our brain transmits to us after interacting with someone. But, can the brain be fooled? Can people appear a certain way and act like another? Can our brain give us a good signal, to later discover that we didn't read that quite well and we might have been fooled? Or maybe we weren't listening correctly...
How do we make interactions more meaningful?
In a world of showcasing ourselves and our achievements, of showing everything that we've done and everything that we're about to experience (mostly only the good things), listening and reading between the lines is something that we all should master. Listening is just the result that everyone is looking for, but no one is finding. Reading between the lines might be a little bit more difficult than listening but quite hopeful. We all don't have perfect lives nor perfect experiences. We experience heartbreak, unmet expectations or dreams unfulfilled, but that doesn't mean we stop living or we stop being human. We still can live and listen and love. We need to be aware that everyone is not having such a great time. That they need to be listened to and be loved, and be empowered.
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