A mystery, an encounter

“Each person who passes through our lives is unique. He always leaves a little of himself and takes a little of us. There will be those who will take a lot, but there will not be those who will leave us nothing. This is evident proof that two souls do not meet by chance. ” Jorge Luis Borges

Our life is full of encounters with others, whether with a family member, a friend, our partner or even a stranger. We continually meet others, interacting with them, however, we rarely stop to reflect on the nature and richness of these contacts. Whether it is a small moment, or long hours of conversation, each of these encounters carries with it a lot of richness and growth if we stop to observe them.

Two people meet, two worlds meet

The meeting between two people, whether through friendship, love or any other reason, is something complex. Every person is a world, a mystery, with his past experiences, his personal characteristics and his fears. Relationships with others are therefore a mystery, an enigma.

When two people meet, it is as if a new world was created from them, just by meeting, a new existence appears, and it is through this phenomenon when both people begin to change and transform, the result of the relationship that has begun between them. This is what the famous Swiss psychiatrist pointed out Carl G. Jung“The meeting between two people is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed”. And although in the beginning only the peripheries or surfaces of these meet, If intimacy is gained or becomes closer, little by little their centers or depths can come together.. That is to say, they are no longer one person and another, from the moment they relate, it is formed as a compedium of all their interactions, the essence of the relationship itself.

The importance of interactions

Each person responsible for a meeting collaborates with a word, a phrase, a gesture or their silence. What matters to you is that we never stop communicating, because even when we don’t intend it and remain silent, we are already sending a message to the other with our silence. And yet, the richness of all this often goes unnoticed. Whether it is a pleasant encounter or an unpleasant one, everything that happens influences us, allowing us to grow in one way or another. The important thing is that we realize it, that we live the interaction, and that we take advantage of the juice that it offers us to advance in our learning.

It is not only about worrying about what is good or bad about others, but about seeing how it affects us., and what we can extract from all this towards ourselves. Immerse ourselves in that encounter, and take advantage of it to grow, realizing where we went wrong, how we got it right, what we teach or are taught, being able to appreciate the beauty of interaction, the ability to share.

The important thing is not to work only with our experience, but to enrich ourselves with what they teach us, and Take advantage of the moment to enjoy that experience, positive or negative, but if we are aware it will never leave us indifferent because we will learn from it.

“People meet when they need to meet.”” Paulo Coelho