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There is a girl in my neighborhood, who was dating a guy. This guy lives in another area of the city, and we hadn’t been close, just the occasional «hello» on the street. After some time I formed some opinion of him. To be more precise, my mind did. In a short amount of time, my thinking created a mental image of this guy. Now I can’t say anything about that opinion, but clearly, it was not a good one.

One day we ran into each other on the street. And this was on the way, so I walked with him for about 100 meters and talked about something. I was very surprised when I got to know him. He was an entirely different person, in contrast to what I imagined before. My mind has drawn an entirely different picture for me, but this man was very gentle and friendly. All this time I thought I knew him, but it turned out that this was not true.

As we passed along this small distance, we talked about something. It lasted not for long, maybe a minute or two, but to get to know this guy it was enough for me. After I talked to him and saw the way he behaves, I immediately realized what kind of person he is. I suddenly realized that this is a very decent and kind man.

What I’ve noticed it’s so precious to me. After this incident, I realized how much our mind could affect the relationships between people. Our thinking creates the world that is very different from the reality we live in.