Why Can’t You See All the Great Things People Say You Are?

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One can only know oneself through contrast. The traits you label people with are due to your experience with a bunch of different people.

That’s why you can look at a person and say they’re mean and your friend would look at the same person but not consider them mean. Your friend is used to people who were considerably meaner than the people you’ve encountered.