We all get first impressions. How someone looks, a phrase or question we heard them say, the look in their eyes. Some of us make judgments based on that, and never peel the next layer of the onion.

When you read post after post, month after month, you often get deeper into the core of the onion. They either confirm or counter your first impression - but you do know more about that onion now.

When we meet someone, look them in the eye, see their mannerisms, see how their words fit into their overall being - we've peeled away yet another layer.

And if, perchance, we can sit alone with them beside the water, or in front of the fireplace, and have unrushed time to just talk with each other, away from the influences of other people - yes, there goes another layer of the onion.

Maybe I'll keep an onion on my desk to remind me not to judge prematurely. No - I'll take a picture of an onion, and put THAT on my desk.