I was thinking last night about an odd triplet. The three of us don't look like we'd be part of the same friend circle. We don't even write in similar ways like 

GabrielGreco

and I do. And yet it's now just after 2.5 years of knowing each other that I see how remarkably similar we are. 

I was thinking about 

keni

and 

therealbrandonwilson

. Keni I knew from earlier how in sync we were though we didn't have many similarities. But as I got to know her more -- maybe not even more personally but more through here writing -- I realize that she approaches things in her life in analogous ways as myself. Events in her life affect her in similar ways. That wasn't too shocking. We are both connected to immigrant backgrounds. She is an immigrant herself.

What surprised me was what I've learned about Brandon these past few months. The last person I thought I'd see similarities in. But I've slowly realized that although he's not an immigrant, he has gone through high levels

outsiderhood

just the same. And you can see that to this day in his

contrarion

views. Maybe because he was also an

outsider

in his own way he was able to so quickly move away from home to

Texas

and then 

Arizona

.

I used to think that college majors were superficial. But when I learned a while ago that the three of us studied

psychology

in our undergrad, the seed was planted for this idea. And I guess the sprout became visible for the first time last night. We are very connected. Though our eyes might tell us different.