Friday, November 4, 2011

What i think about in my free time...

The things that run through my head when I get the time to think are rediculous. I come up with some very hard questions to answer, and just think until i can reason with my self. For example, one thing i have always wondered was what makes us who we are? What makes us respond to things the way we do, what makes us have the drive to do what we do, what makes us talk the way that we do, and many other things. And my answer is very simple. Everything. Every single thing that you do, every person you meet, every event you attend, every word that is spoken to you, has an affect on your life in some way. This can be exemplified by how you were raised. The reason why many of us grow up similar to how our family is, is because we are exposed to them so often. Now i'm not saying that any random guy you bump into has a drastic effect on you're life, but it will change you in even the slightest way.

Say you are walking through a crowd of people, and you accidentally bump into somebody, and he flashes you a dirty look. Your response to this dirty look revovles around how you were brought up, if your a fighter you will probably give him a look back, but if your more passive than most likely its an "im sorry". But think about this, what happens the next time when you walk through a crowd of people, you will either be more careful about where your walking, or you will be more clueless, depending on how the last time you were in the situation resulted.

Now, what about the people that you don't like, the people that you try to completely avoid. You may think that that have no affect on your life, but actually quite the opposite is occurring. These people make you shape yourself into everything that they are not. By disliking them, they are actually helping you become the person youd like to be.

"Be yourself" is one of the most misused sayings in the american language. Nobody is born with attitude characteristics, but rather they see everytthing happen around them and learn from it. We are what we surround ourselves with.

1 comment:

  1. This is rather deep for a quick post! Some philosophers say that "karma" only occurs because we have a tendency of surrounding ourselves with similar-minded people.

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