I've learned a lot from my years of watching Saturday morning cartoons.
For example, you think you know someone.
You think you know what their strengths and weaknesses are.
You think you know their character.
You think you know what they're capable of.
You get to know someone a little...a first impression.
You form an opinion about them and you carry it around with you for years.
You think you know all about that person—but you're dead wrong.
You don't know them at all.
You only saw what you wanted to see.
You only saw what you were ready to see.
And you only know what they wanted to show you.
First impressions are incomplete and quickly out of date.
To really know someone, you must update your perceptions of them continually.
Because people change. They evolve.
They experience pain and gain and loss and transformation.
As they're tested by the vicissitudes of life, they develop new powers and capabilities.
If you really want to see someone as they ARE, keep an open mind,
and take another look.