Knowing Oneself and Others

In our passage through life we come across many a people. We get acquainted with them in various ways. Some of them become very close. We come to know each one of them in various degrees. We know each person in a different way. However, we must remember that even after knowing a person for twenty years or so, we may not know him totally. Such is the complexity of the human mind. For twenty years things might have gone perfectly. But suddenly that person might do something very strange or behave in an unfriendly manner, which we never expected or anticipated. Somewhere an element of unpredictability always lurks underneath, though on surface all seems to be perfect. It is almost impossible to know a person completely - ninety nine percent known, at least one percent possibly unknown.

There is nothing unusual about it. We all are like that. Only we remain unaware of it most of the times. Thus the same thing applies for all of us. Like others, we might also show such uncongenial behaviour, which others may not like. Such things happen possibly because we do not know ourselves also completely.

So the person whom I know for twenty years, I don't know him completely, in and out. Certain areas still remain unknown. That person may as well be someone closest to the heart.

This simple knowledge will help us in all our interactions with people.

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