Build up that image in your mind and imagine it clearly. The life of every individual on earth can be represented as a circle whose radius elongates by time. The area of this circle represents the experience, knowledge gained and time lived by that person. Intersection between one or more circles represents a certain type of relationship between them. For instance, you will find your circle intersecting with your friends at university or school and that the area of the overlap will be larger than the overlap with your friends at work in case you haven’t known them for long time. And here’s your brother’s circle intersects with yours and your life partner’s as he gets in touch with both of you. Lots of circles will be intersecting at a certain area like area of work for example but it will be quite small, on the other hand only a few circles will share a large area with you which represents people closest to you like your life partner, your best friend or a close member of the family.
Overlapping won’t be only in case of long term relationships. Just you going to buy something from the grocer’s or having your hair cut at the barbers’. So overlapping is any interaction between you and another individual no matter how long it takes.
Unfortunately due to difference in way of thinking, education, standard of life, age, experience and lots of factors of life conflicts arise. Some people are not flexible or adaptable enough to be able to intersect with other circles without causing troubles to themselves or others. So you’ll either expand your area of intersection or stay isolated. Live together or die alone.
I was thinking about the top two intersections. The first in terms of area and first in terms of number of circles meeting at the same point. The first one I guess it can be your life partner who you will be living with for the rest of your life. For the second one, I think it will be for the greatest number of people doing the same thing and having the same thought at the same instance. I think a picture will do a better job in that case. You’d better see it at full size.
Very interesting post!
Visualizing people’s interactions with each other as circles that intersect in different ways; the more you expand your circle the more knowledge you gain and/or the more interactions you are obliged to handle. You reminded me of the prophet PBUH’s saying that an individual who interacts with people but is patient towards them is better than he who does not interact with people and is not patient with them. So I guess that as long as our circles intersect gracefully, the more of them we have the better. And what more graceful event is there than having millions of people at the same moment thinking (Glory be to the Lord). Btw, interesting blog : )
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