AHumanBeing
September 19th, 2008, 02:05 PM
Something I was thinking about a few days ago...
You know, there's a saying. "Everyone wants to know, but know one really does." Okay, so that's not really a saying, but that's the point. It's easy to get frusterated with people and the things they do. Especially when they aren't what you'd like them to be. Or when they say things you'd rather they wouldn't. But we can't waste so much energy wishing for everyone to be like us. We have an equal amount of faults and flaws as everyone else, they just seem to come at different times. It's not the rights that people do that define them, it's both the rights and the wrongs. The miscalculations we make only allow us to regather our thoughts and our actions and move them in a direction that helps to better ourselves. Or as our overMEN say, "EVOLVE".
We show anger to people about things they've done to upset us. But in reality it is us we're mad at for not being able to properly deal with the situation(s) we've been put in. Maybe instead of anger we should try to use understanding a little more. Maybe then we could focus in on the good parts of people, rather than the ones we'd like not to see. A tough task indeed, but still a useful idea.
People who make you the happiest for the smallest amount of time seem more valuable to me than the ones who will always be there to agree and appease you. What do I get from someone who never questions me? And on the flipside, what will a person gain from me if all I ever do is agree, and never question? The benefits and life values seem very minimal.
Yet sometimes people, you wish were there more, would rather not. Whether it be because of you, fear, or just something as simple as confusion. Who knows. Another internal disagreement we may have with ourselves. Letting go of something that all of your reasonable mind knows it should, but instead consistently keeping it close because of something it may have done at one time.
There in lies the human spirit and our need to quantify just how much good contact we need with one another. Sometimes we succeed and sometimes we don't. The fight to keep what is good, while many times a losing battle, feels more right to me than trying to forget about it. Challenges are part our human condition. Without them we learn nothing, and should embrace them as a source for inspiration, rather than condemnation.
You know, there's a saying. "Everyone wants to know, but know one really does." Okay, so that's not really a saying, but that's the point. It's easy to get frusterated with people and the things they do. Especially when they aren't what you'd like them to be. Or when they say things you'd rather they wouldn't. But we can't waste so much energy wishing for everyone to be like us. We have an equal amount of faults and flaws as everyone else, they just seem to come at different times. It's not the rights that people do that define them, it's both the rights and the wrongs. The miscalculations we make only allow us to regather our thoughts and our actions and move them in a direction that helps to better ourselves. Or as our overMEN say, "EVOLVE".
We show anger to people about things they've done to upset us. But in reality it is us we're mad at for not being able to properly deal with the situation(s) we've been put in. Maybe instead of anger we should try to use understanding a little more. Maybe then we could focus in on the good parts of people, rather than the ones we'd like not to see. A tough task indeed, but still a useful idea.
People who make you the happiest for the smallest amount of time seem more valuable to me than the ones who will always be there to agree and appease you. What do I get from someone who never questions me? And on the flipside, what will a person gain from me if all I ever do is agree, and never question? The benefits and life values seem very minimal.
Yet sometimes people, you wish were there more, would rather not. Whether it be because of you, fear, or just something as simple as confusion. Who knows. Another internal disagreement we may have with ourselves. Letting go of something that all of your reasonable mind knows it should, but instead consistently keeping it close because of something it may have done at one time.
There in lies the human spirit and our need to quantify just how much good contact we need with one another. Sometimes we succeed and sometimes we don't. The fight to keep what is good, while many times a losing battle, feels more right to me than trying to forget about it. Challenges are part our human condition. Without them we learn nothing, and should embrace them as a source for inspiration, rather than condemnation.