You've probably heard the saying, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." Right? And by now you've probably figured out, I like to dig and get to the core of arbitrary things, so I ask you: Are we ever actually making impressions on people? Are the people we meet feeling our energy and reacting to it, or are these impressions of us based on things that have absolutely nothing at all to do with us?
What I mean is, would it be more accurate to say that first impressions, formed with little evidence, are simply conclusions influenced by an individual's own past experiences that sequentially prompt an immediate response - like when we meet someone that reminds us of someone from our past and we instantly like them?
Could other people's 'idea' of us or perhaps even their view of themselves, be more at play here than anything else? Are these first impressions we supposedly make on people really about us at all, or merely projections made by the viewer?
"Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what (s)he thinks into it." ~Ernest Holmes