Books and People

Are you a good judge of character?

You can’t know a book by its cover. 

I totally agree.

Some people give a book a try, read a few pages and then put it aside if it doesn’t suit their liking.

And some people( like me) stubborn enough to read a book to the very end, whether they enjoy it or not. To be honest, I sometimes speed up the process by skipping a few parts. The recent book I finished was not boring, but it was a historical fiction. I like fiction, but history from the seventh century was a bit too long and old to enjoy. So, I scanned it until I came to the final chapter, which I read fully because it was just a few pages. Then I breathed a sigh of relief. 

They say people are like books; you don’t know them until you read through the pages. But sometimes you can know people at first glace. This is not judgment. No. This is simply how you feel about them. Not “good” or “bad,” but companionable or not. How do you feel at this first sight? Happy, safe, nervous, miserable, worried, relaxed…

And then you can say; I like them or I don’t. 

Isn’t that the most honest judgment we can make? 

This “like” or “don’t like” is explained and justified only later when life shows you whether your first impression was right or wrong. 

With hope and peace,

Nahla