Here online it is far too easy to think that you know someone because you follow them, read their blog, see them in a video, etc. Knowing a person is something that takes time. It takes developing a relationship and applying a commitment to that process. Never will we truly know another completely. My partner surprises me often with new things about herself.
If you want to know someone, take the time to develop a mutual friendship with that person. Knowing another means that both people actually want to know one another. Crazy thing about being online is it can lead to one person believing they have a relationship with someone else online who actually doesn't even know they exist. Knowing a name, knowing their work, in no way means that you know that person.
Keep it real! Develop real relationships with one another. It is a beautiful dance done together, slowly and hopefully gracefully.
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