Hi, I'm Preeti Ramaraj and you are......

I was just wondering what influence people have in my life when I came across this post by Chinmay and I couldn't help writing about it.

First of all, correction. People have a big influence on "everyone's" lives. They define us. They define our behaviour.  They define what kind of people we are. They give us the identity we have, rather we ourselves know our identity because of our interaction with them. We are a part of the people for others , the way we have them for us.

I am a people's person.Totally. My friend says he is scared of me cuz I supposedly know every second person in college. Well, that is an exaggeration but I happen to know quite some people in college. I always have a conversation starter topic ready if I know I'm talking to someone for the first time. No,I don't think about it, I just talk. Also, I remember where and how exactly I met a person and I recognize too, so at times, the person on the other side is forced to smile when I do cuz they wonder where the hell they met me when I remember the whole conversation that would have happened then. :P

No, it isn't an easy job to make a conversation with a person you absolutely don't know. Not even for a talkative person like me. But then I don't know, I just happen to discover topics common to both of us to start off with.

But it is a wonderful thing really. Meeting people. I don't have any restrictions as such as to who I would talk to. Usually, they are people with similar interests but not intentionally. It's just that this friend of a friend of a friend likes the same kind of music that I do or I worked with them somewhere or something. But that's all I need.

I speak exactly what I think and never have to wonder what I shouldn't talk about or what opinion the other person is forming about me, so the conversation is even more simpler. One thing I just can't bear is if a person thinks that some people aren't worth talking to just because they were brought up somewhere,bad speech skills or such stupid reasons. People should always be recognized for their thoughts, emotions and feelings and nothing more.

I just like knowing people really and that's the reason I happen to talk to so many. The reason for the ease is I really have no specifications or restrictions about anything I like in general..Ok, that didn't make sense. I mean, as long as something is not immoral or unethical, I would enjoy it. I can understand and accept a random person's definition of fun, life, love and anything under the sun. So, people find it easy to converse with me.

Forget people across the world. Think people in your own class you have never spoken to. It's a different world really. You get so many different views, so many different ideas to a small topic, you would wonder how is it possible that your answer was the best one. 

We form these small circles around us. We decide who resemble us most or who accepts our ideas best or who we are really comfortable with and that's the end of people we want to be with. But then, you might just be missing that person in your life who might be the best person you would have ever met just because you have closed the path for them to enter your life. Outwardly appearances are often deceptive. It doesn't matter if you make a mistake in knowing certain people cuz that's how you learn, isn't it?

I agree, there have been instances where I have regretted being associated with certain people but these instances are so less in comparison to instances where I have been so lucky to have just met certain people.

As I get to know these people more, I get to know myself more, I get to realize who I am and the most basic thing...I find more people to bear my incessant talking :P

It's time you take the first step to go and enter a whole new dimension....if you would rather not, at least don't take those steps back when a new person is willing to enter your life. It might just be your lucky day :)

So, I end this as usual lengthy conversation hoping that as much as I love to meet people, they don't ever have to run away at the mention of my name. :P

(I personally think its a very anti-climactical end)