We live in a world where we have a tendency to reduce people down to the lowest common denominator –we glean something about a person and then we make assumptions about the whole person.  It’s how our brains work - we categorize and file away that person “a” is like this and person “b” is that. Think political affiliations, career choices, wealth or poverty or almost any attribute. I was listening to a reel on Instagram the other day and a psychologist– I forget who - was talking about identity. She noted how this summarizing and categorizing is really a narrowing of identity – we stick people in figurative Rubbermade boxes so that we can remember how to respond to them or understand or judge them.  But can a person really be defined by a few attributes?