The Side Effects of Endorphins

I believe first impressions are highly overrated, as how someone acts in the long-term is a judge of character.

Attributes admired in others are attributes either we have or we wish to have.

Kindness

It does sound cliché, how people treat others is an indicator of respect I have for another person. It is not only the words that we speak, but how we speak those words, speaking with kindness and confidence is a trait I admire.

Empathy

In Ron Bronson‘s book (The Psychopath Test) he talks about the subject in great detail, especially lack of empathy.

Core Trait: A marked inability or unwillingness to feel for others (lack of empathy) is central to psychopathy, according to Psychology Today and Oxford Academic

Being Curious- I have always been attracted to lifelong learners and those who are curious about how the world works. I admire those who are adaptable and not set in their ways.

Miss Cafferellis fifth grade class.

She was my fifth grade teacher, and she was a pain in the ass. I’ve wrote an essay somewhere about how she blunted my musical abilities.https://beaglesarebad.blog/2025/05/30/mrs-caffereli/

That is fodder for another day. She taught us about friendship one day and it has always stuck with me. She asked the class what attributes do you see most important when when choosing a friend.

The class reeled off things such as wealth, looks, sense of humor, where they live etc. I’m trying to rebuild a fifth grade experience and it’s not exact.

After exhausting all guesses, she looked at class and said the biggest attribute is that someone wants to be your friend.

There’s a certain circularity in this, but in fifth grade these words did sink in. I still find them relevant.