The Experience of Knowing a Person

You never really know a person until you know how that person perceives himself. I’m sure you have had experi­ences like I’ve had when you were sharing with another person, and that sharing became deep, when pretensions were dissolved and defenses failed and honesty prevailed. You sat on the edge of your seat, or you stood at attention in your mind to listen to what that person had to say, because you knew that person was sharing his innermost feelings about who he is and what he’s about.

Those are the kinds of moments when people really meet, when deep calls unto deep and soul touches soul.