old person

Old people can be just as interesting as new people, but in a different way. They are interesting because you can think you know everything about them but you only know as much as they have shared with you.

How many people walk through our lives and we don’t think to ask them more about themselves. Ask them why they like t-shirts vs. button ups. Why they rarely make eye contact. Why their favorite color is pink. What their strangest thought of the day was…

How many people walk through your life and don’t know you?

We spend so much time with the people that we think we know the most, but what if those people are the ones we know the least because we’ve stopped “getting to know” them? Maybe they are lonely. Maybe you are lonely. Maybe we need to take a step back, enjoy being with each other but also dig a little deeper… maybe I should ask again.

Sometimes I get tired of being the one with all the questions. But maybe people don’t ask because they think I tell them everything…?