With July 4th coming up, some relish the thought of the heat and humidity while others dread it. People are different and it is mostly pointless trying to understand why they are different. If you wanted, you could delve into the intricacies of people's individual skin evapouration coefficients and perhaps pulmonary efficiency to form a hypothesis as to why they prefer or dread heat and humidity.

The most rewarding approach to people is to observe, ask questions and learn to appreciate the extent of their individuality. The best rewards come from understanding and accepting the differences, and finally taking genuine pleasure and truly recognizing the value there is in the uniqueness that each person possesses.

There are many interesting ways in which people are different. Some people are very religious and others enjoy autonomy free from a deity's rules and judgments. Some enjoy mathematics and others prefer history or science as fields of endeavour.

Tastes, preferences, passions, proclivities and obsessions all demonstrate differences in values, ideas, upbringing, ethics, education and even brain chemistry. The sentient person is patient, attentive and observant, and takes as much delight in his own idiosyncrasies as he does in those of others.