I once told my girl friend that i am very happy that she's finally out of her shell she used to hide in from everyone before i met her. by the way, she's one of the brightest persons i have met & is prime example of introverts. and i like to consider myself fairly extrovert, may be not in out going but surely in out-reaching and speaking my mind out.
I was most amazed by her response to what i told her. She said "May be i have not grown out of my shell, but may be i have given you space in that shell of mine". And i was awe-struck by her response. Partially because i thought it was one hell of a romantic dialogue but also because it got me thinking that may be that's the only difference between introvert & extroverts. "Only in the way we think about stuff".
As an extrovert, i found it very fancy to say that "finally you are out of your shell". Like i believed that being in shell is something to be discouraged. & i took pride in working on in bringing her out of her shell when all this time she was focusing on free-speech & openness of our relation.Throughout i thought i was improving her personality & all this time it didn't matter to her what her personality was to outer world. She just incorporated those changes for me & for me alone.
I was most amazed by her response to what i told her. She said "May be i have not grown out of my shell, but may be i have given you space in that shell of mine". And i was awe-struck by her response. Partially because i thought it was one hell of a romantic dialogue but also because it got me thinking that may be that's the only difference between introvert & extroverts. "Only in the way we think about stuff".
As an extrovert, i found it very fancy to say that "finally you are out of your shell". Like i believed that being in shell is something to be discouraged. & i took pride in working on in bringing her out of her shell when all this time she was focusing on free-speech & openness of our relation.Throughout i thought i was improving her personality & all this time it didn't matter to her what her personality was to outer world. She just incorporated those changes for me & for me alone.
