Unfortunately, we frequently view people in the same way. Rather than truly making ourselves completely available to them, understanding them, we observe them or keep part of ourselves outside the moment of relationship. In I-you relationships our interaction is midway between impersonal and interpersonal. I know when I went to a new job it was really hard for me to adjust to all the new rules and staff. At that point I was still hidden under that mask because I felt uncomfortable working in the environment for a while and I feel that I may have been impersonal. Hence, I feel that it's a process that we go through and when we have a chance to get closer we than can develop I-thou relationships.

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