One of the things I have learned to do as I traverse life is to actually see the world around me.
When I was younger, I would meet people and think very little of them. Not in the sense of apathy, or disrespect, as I was not raised this way, but in the sense of considering my problems more important. And also with the “grass is greener” train of thought. Looking at life from this angle of limited thinking within my immediate environment cost me stories of history, insight and perspective.
I now see people much differently. I think, “What paths have they walked to bring
them to this stage in their lives? Was it an easy path or a difficult one? What stories can they tell?” And “What can I learn from them?”
I have gained much understanding towards my own future by listening to the stories of those who have faced life before me. Lives that are filled with success, and failures, happiness and pain, insights and ideas. It is said that even though mankind has gathered knowledge extensively over that past generations, we are destined to live with ignorance because we look at life from within our own limited experiences. Though our technology grows, our ability to maintain status quo with our thought processing of what actually exists around us has never left the caves.
Ryeder
