Many a times random things happen as if there are meant only for you. So, people listen to scholars everyday and many a time we are in a situation where it feels that this lecture was specifically aimed at me. This is even when we perfectly know that the preacher may have no idea about our condition (though some may not believe that). We know that the lecture is meant for thousands of people, yet it is so much relevant to your condition/state that it seems like you were the only member in the audience for which the lecture was being delivered.
I have found this in my courses as well. Many a times we have cases talking of people and their conditions. These are so close to me that I am just awed by the timing of the course content. One of the courses we have deals with Interpersonal learning. We have a case for this week which is basically a conversation between two people. It portrays the feelings of one person and the other guy is trying to listen actively.
I can relate to this case very much. While reading, it was hard to distinguish whether I was going through what was written or whether those were my thoughts. The facts would be different from where I am but the general framework is as if the title of the case should have been my name instead of that of the protagonist. The major difference is that the protagonist does not want to share and I prefer sharing, given that I find someone to share with.
Finally, I will leave you with a very good post (in my opinion), I read recently. If you don’t want to go through the entire thing, read it from around the middle.
http://arvindc.blogspot.com/2007/06/that-funny-little-thing-called-love.html
And a good quote I found
Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them ...
- Francesco Guicciardini
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