“Don’t judge a book by its cover,” how many times have we heard that expression? It sounds line and it make us all feel good about being judged by the who we are and not what we are. But how much sense does it really make? Is there anything in life that you don’t make a split-second decision based on how something looks?
To start my point absurdly, go pet a tiger. If you do, you will most likely be dead, if you don’t you made a judgment that an animal that looks like a tiger is dangerous. That judgment was based solely on appearance. On the other side, reading a book can be a serious commitment of time, and before you even pick up that book, the cover has to entice you to even read the back cover to see if you may like the book.
The purpose of the statement is that you may like someone for who they are and not what they look like. If you are in a club, you’re not going to walk up to someone you find unattractive, or someone who is not your type. You are going to walk up to the person you find attractive, and hope and pray you have something in common. This doesn’t mean you’re a bad person, it is actually your evolutionary desire for your genetic line to survive.
It is that same desire to survive, that makes us make split-second decisions about other people and whether they will be our friend or want to bring us harm. We are always looking for things that make us believe we have something in common. It is they way we dress, the way we carry ourselves, the way we talk, among many other things we visually do that signals friendship or danger. So, I think it is incumbent on all of us to remember where we are going, and what cover we want to show the people around us.
But if we put up a leave me alone cover, don’t be pissed when people actually do, and sometimes that cover may make others think you are up to no good.
No Filters (Reality As I See It) 