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I wonder just how far a person is willing to go to be known, truly known, by another. Is it in our genetic makeup to be incomplete without someone else? And if that is the case, do we feel complete, no, can we feel complete, without being fully understood by that person?
When do you reach a point when you believe that another person knows you? There's no way that anyone will know your whole life story. What are the important parts that tell the story of who you are?
Is it possible for someone to figure it out without knowing ANY of your story? How much of who you are is the sum of your experiences, and is it important to know that to decipher the truth?
I don't know why I wonder. I know that the desire to be known is powerful. I wonder if it's possible.
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For thousands of years, humans relyed on a community to exist. Children were raised together, men hunted and women gathered, you were born into your group and stayed there, most of the time, and married/mated with someone you knew your whole life. If you were even banished from your group, you were as good as dead.
In the past 1000 or so years, we have gotten so far away from that. Almost the exact oppsoite in recent times, ya know. I think intrinsically, humans desire to be known comes from a genetic predisposition to survive. Nowadays, we make our own community instead of being born into one.
With that said, I think it is possible for someone that has not known you your whole life to be able to *know* you. Like minded people congregate together. There is a common underlying bond that already exists. The rest of the stuff is just memories made together (or shared with each other). For instance, you've only known me for 7-ish years, yet we have shared enough with each other in that time that you know I am still in my pjs at 1:30 on saturday afternoon. :)
And as for the important parts that make up who you are - they are all important. Every tiny detail of your life has effected you in some way. Its your actions/reactions to those details that make up who you are. And its a constant growing experience.
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