Likings Never Die
Abhijit Kar
Published Author | Poet | Founder and CEO | Recruiting, Talent Management, Executive Search
When you start liking someone, do you ever try to find out the reason behind: Why you like that person? No, you don't. Because, liking is the manifestation of a unique shade of your emotional existence and it doesn't follow a definite criteria.
Well, over a period of time, through mutual interactions, you may find that person to be quite different than what you initially thought about. Still, in all probability, you continue with your liking, because, frankly speaking, you don't know why you do so.
The degree of liking or emotional attachment that you develop with that person is mostly determined by your initial assessment of his/her personality and, in most of the cases, it doesn't undergo any major change even if things go wrong in course of time.
Even in extreme case, consciously it might look otherwise as you start believing that you don't like that person any more. But, subconsciously you may never do so -- unless she/he makes your life miserable in some way or the other, and that rarely happens.
The journey from liking to disliking a person is a mammoth task that requires an unbelievable amount of demotivation. In my opinion, very few people are strong enough to make it a reality unless they are abnormally strong.
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Remember, the feelings are no way similar to those computer applications that you run according to your external thoughts but are governed by your internal perception and that rarely changes.
I truly believe that likings never die, but remain in a remote corner of your heart even if you refuse to accept its existence. Love and liking, in two different ways, are nothing but a strong sense of attachment between two individuals; once formed, difficult to erase completely!
Love is blind, they say, and many of you might have experienced it as well in your personal life. So is Liking! The bright color of love and liking may fade away over a period of time due to several reasons, sometime beyond one's control; however, the structure, even if naked, would remain there inside your mind, always!
Originally published on my Personal Blog RAINSTORM
Published Author | Poet | Founder and CEO | Recruiting, Talent Management, Executive Search
1 年This has happened quite a few times with me. On one occasion, I met a professional and at the first sight I felt so comfortable with him. I started liking him. However, a few years later there happened some misunderstanding between us and we parted ways. In the beginning, I, frankly speaking, regretted my association with him. But, today, I still have the same feeling of liking for him. That's how this article shaped up. A true story in my case, and I am sure it happens with most of us.