Have you ever been in a situation where you heard someone speaking about something and you drew a conclusion as to what was being said and what was going on in the life or the lives of the person or persons you heard speaking? You did this, only to discover later that your interpretation of the conversation was completely wrong and what you thought was going on was not going on at all.
 
Have you ever been in situation where you were having a conversation with someone and you thought you made your point clear, yet that other person completely misunderstood what you were saying or why you were saying it?
 
The fact is, you can never truly understand or interpret another person’s reality.
 
For example, my lady and I have this great banter going on between us, pretty much all of the time. We are, much of the time, going at it, back and forth, with joking expressions. We know what’s going on, and we are not at conflict in any manner. But, I long ago realized that if someone does not know us, or is not a true part of the conversations, they may think that we have some problems. But, we don’t. We’re just joking.
 
Before I met her, and I have been with her for the better part of my life at this stage of the game, so it was a long-long time ago, I tended to be a very sullen and serious person. The natural joy in her brain released all of that, however, and I entered into the new, and I consider better, stage of my life, where I am generally always smiling and frequently joking. But, it is just the nature of the beast, some people don’t get it. They wish to put their own interpretation of reality onto another person’s reality. But, in doing so, they lose the true truth of what someone else is experiencing.
 
My lady tends to be a little less discriminative than I. Me, I try to keep our banter in check, particularly in public places. I’ve watched, every now and then, when someone is listening to our conversation, which, in all honesty they shouldn’t be, but I can see they are getting the wrong idea. Like my lady exclaims, “Then, they shouldn’t be listening to other people’s conversations!”
 
I’m just using me for an example. Perhaps you have encountered similar situations as you have passed through your life???
 
The point to all of this is, you cannot/you should not attempt to ever believe that you can interpret any other person’s reality. Because the truth is, you can’t! You are not them. You are not living the life they are living. You have not lived the life they have lived. You do not possess the experiences they possess. So, stop pretending that you have any actual concept about what is going on in their mind or their life.
 
Live your own life. You know that. You know you. Mostly, always acknowledge, you cannot come anywhere close to understanding the life, the philosophy, or the mindset of anyone else. Stop believing that you can understand another person’s reality.