In theory...

This morning I was thinking about people. In theory, I don't like them much. Maybe that's because I tend to notice when they're being selfish, hurtful and stingy. When I think about people, I tend to remember the times when they weren't being very nice.

In theory, I'm probably even a little afraid of people. I think they are probably using whatever power they may have toward their own self-interest and not for the common good. And if it's powerless people I'm thinking of, well, I'm probably a little afraid of them too--it's hard to know WHAT folks will say and do.

Or maybe I'm just thinking about myself.

I like people a lot better in person. When I meet them, talk with them, share time with them--when people move from that theoretical place in my mind into that very real place right in front of me, I generally think the best of them.

And, come to think of it, I like myself a lot better too.