Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Does having an interest make one interesting?

So... what makes someone "interesting"? I think I've got "nice" figured out to a reasonable degree (not to be confused with the famously not nice "Nice Guys" who plague us all). But interesting? No idea.

Like... having a hobby doesn't really make someone interesting. Maybe--MAYBE--you could be interesting to someone else who has the same hobby. But in any group, there is always someone who has more charisma, whom everyone gravitates toward.

I like to think that everyone is interesting. Everyone has a story. That's what Neil Gaiman implied anyway.

But sometimes it takes more effort to find what makes us unique. Sometimes you gotta dig.

I have to believe that there is something within each of us that makes us worth knowing. Sometimes it's hard to find. Sometimes it's hard to express.

But if people are willing to put in the work, they can find it within themselves and within others. I have to believe that.