What is your most-liked colour?
What genre of books, movies or music you enjoy? These are a few questions that we all of us have encountered during our friendship-journey. We usually get closer to the people with these initial question-answer tests.
Today one of my such friends with whom I have just begun the journey of friendship posed a beautiful yet a philosophical question. She asked me 'What type of people you like?' This question made me to think and reflect. For a moment I was silent. I remembered the people with whom I live presently. I started thinking about their behaviors that makes me comfortable to live with. I was also reminded of the unbecoming behavioral pattern of a few with whom I don't enjoy being around.
After a while I answered her saying, 'I like the company of those people who are spontaneous, liberal, less fundamental, creative and so on'. She didn't reply immediately. After a few hours she said, 'guess I don't come in to that category of the people you like.'
We have a lot of ideals, likings, imaginations or preconceived notions that the people should behave according to our way of thinking or people should correspond to our individual interests. But in reality it's hard to achieve. Even though I desire the company of people with spontaneity, creativity or liberality I wouldn't be successful in making a living with them.
Life is all about 'compatibility' and not much of 'equality'. We do need the attitude of equality but we also need to accept that we are an unique creation of God. Every person who comes in to our life either brings joy and happiness or teaches us the lessons for life. This whole creation exists and continues to exist due to its harmonious collaboration with each and every living and non living species.
When we understand this dictum of life we continue to love and enjoy the company of every person we live with.
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