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I find that the more one assumes something or doubts someone until they are proven worthy, the more they miss out on the natural characteristics and subleties that may be a greater measure of the person being judged, but that are overlooked to please our known standards of likes or better, dislikes.
I used to be that way. But then I realized I, with all my infinite wisdom, had done such a good job of picking out what I disliked, that it overshadowed what I did like. Unfortunately, that method of selection is not lost on the subject.
In the end, those people got a better measure of the kind of person I was, rather than the opposite.
Because of that, I freely admit I lost out on some great friendships.
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