When Two People Meet…

“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.” (1)
William James, American philosopher and psychologist, born on 11 January 1842

“When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.” (John Steinbeck) (2)

“When two people meet, as long as there is any form of rapport maintained, the person with the most certainty will eventually influence the other person.” (Tony Robbins – American motivational speaker and writer) (3)

Emily Dickinson – poem 1548 –

Meeting by Accident,
We hovered by design –
As often as a Century
An error so divine
Is ratified by Destiny,
But Destiny is old
And economical of Bliss
As Midas is of Gold – (4)

Two people can meet by chance and transform this “divine error” into a lasting relationship. However, this happens very rarely, (“As often as a Century”), because “Destiny is old”, it has plenty of time ahead of it. Consequently, it is stingy with happiness, which slips away quickly if we are not very fast in grasping it

(1) “Quando due persone si incontrano ci sono in realtà sei persone presenti: c’è ogni persona come si vede, ogni persona come lo a vede l’altro, e ogni persona come realmente è”

(2) “Quando due persone si incontrano, ognuna viene cambiata dall’altra, quindi si hanno due nuove persone.”

(3) ”Quando due persone si incontrano, se mantengono una qualche forma di rapporto, quella maggiori certezze finirà per influenzerà l’altra “

(4) – 1548 –

Incontrandoci per Caso,
esitammo di proposito –
una volta al Secolo
un errore così divino
è ratificato dal Destino,
ma il Destino ha tempo
ed è avaro di Gioie
come Mida lo è dei suoi Ori –
(L.Z.)

^{Image: Auguste Renoir (1878) Conversation}