Notice.

What makes a person notice you?
I've always thought about this.
Every time I wanted to make a new friend or walked past someone, this question passes through my head.

Here's my understanding of it.

Humans are primitive creatures. We follow our natural instincts and are bred/evolved/created by God to breed as efficiently as possible and ensure the survival of the human race. This means that we automatically, or should I say instinctively notice a person we find attractive.

So there's one aspect of it. People notice you if you are attractive to them. That's the easy factor done.

But what other factors are involved in noticing someone?

Surely, a person you do not know cannot attract your attention by pulsating messages around their heavenly aura about their personality. What I'm trying to say, is that you cannot magically know a person's personality just by them walking past you. Therefore personality does not make people who do not know you, notice you.

What about people who do know you? Maybe if they're really interested in a person with your personality. But this is rare and if this does happen - you are likely to be in a very close relationship with them. So only a person who is a good friend will notice you on a regular basis but what we are trying to do is get people who do not know you to notice you.

The other reason people might look at you is if they want something from you. E.g: "Can I look at your book?" or "Do you know when so-so is?" .

I personally cannot think of anything else that would get a person to notice you apart from a simple hello. Thus, I come to the conclusion that looks are what makes a person look twice at you and want to get to know you.

It's a sad society we live in. No wonder the top paid stars are always good looking.
Do you have any thoughts?