I'm afraid I have taken an opposite approach - I simply decided that trying to understand people, what they do and why is beyond my intuition, and would take far too long to fathom out - if I could do it, so I don't.
I'd far rather get a surprise now and then than watch the world knowing what people are up to.
It is a philosophy of spontaneity.
I never finish anyone's sentences, and only act to pre empt situations where I sense danger.
It is rather like watching myself looking at myself thinking, sometimes, so it is rather strange, when I think about it.
That is thinking about myself watching me looking at myself thinking.
Not that I do that very often. Most of the time I just watch the world go by.
It's like having a metaphysical lounger for the mind.
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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