I agree with Nod and McCharming. If we try and remember all of the times people have made false assumptions about us, it helps us give others the benefit of the doubt until we get to know them better; but I really don't know what we can do about the impressions others have of us. People see and believe as they wish, right or wrong.
Mother Theresa said, "If you judge people, you have no time to love them." Sometimes a little love is all a person needs to make them loveable.
It's kinda like people who come into these forums with reeeeally bad attitudes. Seems like if we love on them a little bit rather than adding fuel to the fire, we can eventually see the real person. Most just want to know if we're the real deal..and we're supposed to be known by our love for one another..