narcissus

Ahhh, prologue from my fav book, The Alchemist.
Soooooo many different meanings to this.

Was thinking about this recently.
How do you know someone is interested in you, because of you and who you are, or if they are only interested as a reflection of themselves or how they can benefit from you, their own selfishness....

Reminds me of when I was younger. I accompanied my family to Washington, DC since my younger bro was in the PHB. I think it was July 4 celebrations. In the large band of varying ages there was a very handsome flip guy who was about my age. I remember he gave me a "double take" look as he got on the group bus. I remember how empty it was. Immediately I realized, he wasn't looking back to check me out, but rather more to make sure that I was checking him out. If that makes any sense...

Again, for me this is always good as a self reflection or even reflecting on others around us. Not always so easy to learn. My own attempt at striving to keep it all genuine and sincere.