I've deduced that how I feel about people is similar to how I feel about songs. There are 3 categories: Hits, Maybes and Flops.
Category 1: Hits
The songs that you like instantly the first time you hear them. You tap your feet, snap your fingers and the tune awakens your senses. It excites you because you've never heard it before and you don't know what's gonna happen after the first verse. The beautiful mystery of the song intrigues you to the point where you become slightly obsessed with it and subsequently put it on repeat on your iPhone.
There are people I've met who I've practically fallen in love with instantly. Not always in terms of romantic love, but just in ways of adoration of their fantastic sense of humour or personality. The first meeting always proves to be exhilarating because their behaviour is so unpredictable. I always wanna be around these people, i.e put them on repeat.
Category 2: Maybes
The songs that you're not too sure of. Sometimes you like them, sometimes you're just not in the mood. You may have heard these songs too many times to the point where there's nothing interesting about them anymore. You skip these songs on your playlist and move on to the Hits.
The fair weather friends that you see too much of but add little to your growth. You could do without seeing them but they always seem to keep coming back to invite you to do mundane things. This category also applies to people that you can't quite figure out. Their incongruent behaviour always throws you off and you'd rather hang out with the people you KNOW you can trust, i.e skip them on your playlist.
Category 3: Flops
The songs that you wish were never made or released. The annoying lyrics that don't make any sense and the musicality or lack of it. The songs you would never buy/download/listen to if given the choice. The songs that make you wanna leave a store when they start playing it.
The people that infuriate you so much that you can't even stand to be in the same room as them. The ones that talk trash but expect to be heard. You feel so annoyed by these parasites that you find ways to avoid them if you see them in public places, i.e they make you wanna leave a store if you see them in it.
Besides these categories, I also believe every person has different volumes in terms of their eccentricities and characteristics. For example, my emotional volume is definitely an 8 but for someone else it may only be a 4 or 5. For me, my anger volume is 5 but for an aggressive person it could well be over 7 or 8.
The important thing to remember is we shouldn't change the levels of other people's volumes. We know how annoying it can be when we see that someone's been tampering with our stereo system and changed all the settings for the bass and treble. We should learn to become an equalizer for ourselves so there's a balance. When a sound system is well balanced, the music coming out of it is perfect and no element is too overpowering or unnoticeable. Instead of attempting to fiddle with other people's volumes, we should adjust our own first.
In the meantime, I'll still be waiting for my No.1 Hit.
I know he's out there somewhere.
