The insanity road to destination common sense
When the idea that it was the earth that circled the sun was presented it wasn't exactly taken in with open arms. Niether was the idea of the planet we inhabit being round. It seems a bit like lunacy these days, because it's proven to be right. But the matter of fact is that when an idea is presented we're rather hasty to toss it because it doesn't fit into the pattern of life we know to be true at the moment.
Putting science aside (for someone that can't understand how she managed to pass physics, chemistry or biology in school I do write about science an awful lot) we can apply this to ideas of ourselves. I think we become aware of our own individual at rather individual ages. But i can't be the only one that remembers the moment where I realized what I look like and that I have ideas of my own. Those first impressions of myself tend to last, and I have to work really hard to change my mind about them.
Then every once in a while life changes paths and the surroundings ask something new and differently from us and we have to reevaluate how we view ourselves. Others act in different ways and we put emphasis on new angles of our personality. Though I've learned, over time, that not everyone has what I'd like to call a flexible personality. They go on as steamrollers, not being bothered to apply social lubrication. Take it or leave it people. I both envy and hate them, it's because of them I have to be flexible. How would things turn out if we were all steamrollers? Also, I don't think that being flexible washes out who you are, it accentuates it. I suppose the key, for me personally, is to be around people who bring out the best in me.
What do we see as being true today that will be laughable in 300 years, and what do I think of myself this evening that I'll find amusing in 5?
Putting science aside (for someone that can't understand how she managed to pass physics, chemistry or biology in school I do write about science an awful lot) we can apply this to ideas of ourselves. I think we become aware of our own individual at rather individual ages. But i can't be the only one that remembers the moment where I realized what I look like and that I have ideas of my own. Those first impressions of myself tend to last, and I have to work really hard to change my mind about them.
Then every once in a while life changes paths and the surroundings ask something new and differently from us and we have to reevaluate how we view ourselves. Others act in different ways and we put emphasis on new angles of our personality. Though I've learned, over time, that not everyone has what I'd like to call a flexible personality. They go on as steamrollers, not being bothered to apply social lubrication. Take it or leave it people. I both envy and hate them, it's because of them I have to be flexible. How would things turn out if we were all steamrollers? Also, I don't think that being flexible washes out who you are, it accentuates it. I suppose the key, for me personally, is to be around people who bring out the best in me.
What do we see as being true today that will be laughable in 300 years, and what do I think of myself this evening that I'll find amusing in 5?
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Postat av: Baboonsterella
I've had an encounter with a steamroller...emotionally draining yet, yes there is a degree of envy there I have. I wish I could be that way, alas, I am not. I much rather steamboats, or steamed chai lattes. Not so much steamrollers. <3 kudos.
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