Read me not

Relationships is easily one of the most important components of your life. Of course, you can live the rest of your life as a simplistic hermit, but by then you wouldn't be sane, neh? To build relationships you must a. understand yourself and b. understand others. You and them. Hopefully the former will be easier, because the latter is something I've been trying to master for years.

I try to read people, every twitch, every flicker of eyes. But, as I contemplate each movement, they change, and my sluggish mind is unable to keep up. I'd rather sit back and admire an unmoving painting than try and keep up with the stamina of change of human emotions, which is apparently inexhaustable. On the other hand, my poor brain will blow a fuse trying to chase the signs appearing and disappearing like shooting stars.

Of course, some people are naturals. I recently read part of a Sherlock Holmes story, where said detective determined a lady's path of the last two hours in a moment. I am in awe of his brilliant--if fiction--prowress. Perhaps the unrealness of it gives me comfort; no one can be that smart. Also, in the TV show, House M.D., the main character, House, has an uncanny ability to read people's illnesses and their life. By looking at a seemingly healthy man, he can deduce that he has diabetes, future heart problems and marriage issues at home. How I wish I can possess such cunning!

But, I don't. It's not set in stone though--perhaps if I try hard enough, or if lightning strikes me, fries my brain and rewires something, turning me into a genius instead of a drooling vegetable.

Anything is possible...