The incredible variety of people.

It kind of seems like it would go without saying but, whether as a personal reminder or a genuine nugget of relatable truth, I feel inclined to emphasize the notion that there really are an enormous variety of people that exist in the world. It becomes really easy to think we have met most types of people for a variety of reasons - we don't make many major location moves, we have met so many people in our life, the internet's pseudo exposure to others, pop culture awareness, and the list goes on. I know I have often fallen victim to this sort of thinking as I continue my search for a quality relationship, making assumptions that seem safe about the character of these almost entirely unknown women merely based on a very thin slice of information presented in profile format. I know I can't possibly have a remotely clear idea about the depth of a person's character based on this, and I generally don't throw any assumptions that far into that hat because of it, however, I am definitely needing to better realize how little I(or anybody, really) even could know about anybody based on just about anything gleaned from so meagerly represented. Assumption has kept me safe from the pain of confusion and loss but it has, no doubt, also kept me from the grander possibilities of the more positive aspects of a quality relationship. Oh, how child-like in my knowledge do I feel as I better realize these concepts.