A Penny For Your Thoughts

A penny for your thoughts seems a small price to pay to know what someone is thinking especially for the thoughts that are connected to me. I often wonder what people see when they look at me and what they hear when I speak. I know myself; what the thoughts and motives are behind what I say and do, but sometimes people do things that they don't even realize that they are doing. Which causes me to wonder how true to form I represent myself. I have several groups of friends that I hang out with and I was contemplating the other day, what would happen if all of these groups were to get together and discuss me (without me being there, of course); what would they say? Certianly there are differneces in the groups, some are crazier and others are more laid back, and I myself would tend to be more lively or more laid back in each. I might be considered more reserved in one group and the life of the party in the next. To a large degree the former statement is true, I think that you do take on the identity of the group that you spend time with. I'm not saying that by spending extended periods of time with a certian group of people that you'd end up with a group of carbon copies, but what I am saying is that group dynamics for every group of friends is different. You will do things with one group that you might not do with another; not necessarily good or bad, just differnet things. For example one group might prefer to go out and do stuff while the other might like to gather at someone's home. Do you see what I'm saying? I come acrossed as very reserved when I am with new people or in an enviorment in which I am unfamiliar with, however when I become more comfortable I open up and have a more jocular contenance. There are many little and seemingly insignificant things that contribute to people's overall opinion of you. In answer to my earlier question about the group conversation; I believe that at the very least it would an entertaining discussion if not enlightening.