After comtemplating the simple pleasures of life, one can realize many things. Theories about people and the way they live. Why they continue to do what they want to do. Illusions, Desires, and other topics.
Outside the Box...
Can anyone explain the ability to look from the outside of a situation and see everything on the inside without dealing with it, even when invloved with it. The ability to look into the box from the exterior is not simple, sometimes it takes a really strong mentality to realize what is actually going on. Time just stops and you can actually take a peek from every side of the situation, every perspective, every action, and every motive. Even when every perspective is not fully understandable or cloudy, the vision through your eyes can only make the best interpretation of another individual's view-point. "Not caring at all about the situation" is not the phrase to describe this epiffany. Maybe caring too much or breaking away from selfish thoughts can describe this ability. Realizing that things could have been different, things can still change, things could just stay the same, or "missing the train" as they say has happened. Just outside the situation, involvement but looking at it from every angle, and then deciding what to do or maybe a decision is already made for you. Outside the box is the place where many people can not fall into. Many fall into the situation of involvement- emotion and self expression control the mind- and one acts out of mental initiative. Consider hating someone for no apparent reason, just a natural desire to hate. Why hate them, what did they do to you, would you have hated them if you were different, do you still have to hate them, and do they, in actuallity, hate you. If you had done something different, could everything be different. A moment in the shower when you touch the glass door and realize if you had not have touched it, the future would have been different.
Assumptions and Desires...
People assume too many things and desire even more. When one is extremely lonely and confused, one assumes too many things which leads to more confusion. They fall into a "trap". A trap that just does not go away unless the truth is somehow revealed to that individual. Or if that individual looks the other way and pretends the situation is fine. True ignorance is total confusion, and is created from simply nothing, just one assumption can begin it all. Desire is another story. Wanting something for the sheer want, not caring about anything else, and totally denying any truth that surrounds you. Easily confused, easily caught in a bad situation, and easily hurt. Frustration, anger, and confusion are only a few symptons of selfish desire.
Struggle and Superiority...
Are you the best or are you the struggler? How do you know? Do you compare your life to others and wish it were better? Do you look forward to everyday as a new chapter of life? Do you constantly progress or are you idle in your actions? Do you take the opportunity or do you regret the risk of your actions? The Superior is the personality or mentality that develops due to comfort level. One can admit, "I am the best, im fine with myself, I do not need move forward anymore, im content". While the other extreme rambles, "Why is life like this, what went wrong with me, what can I do to improve the situation, how can i better myself?" The struggler develops due to inner desire or competition to defeat someone else in any situation, a result of human nature. Noone is the best, not even you, when you are the struggler. The struggler finds new ways and new methods to become better and better- always improvising, always improving, and constantly in a battle with themself and the ones around them. You can constantly better yourself to the point of the superior, which can be disastrous.
A superior mentality is generally considered to be a comfort level where people are able to roam freely without worry or regret. When people "give up" or just "do not care anymore", they are actually creating a comfort zone where they tell themselves "why bother, what will I get out of this?". The superior mentality hurts both the individual and the ones surrounding it if sincerely expressed.
Is there a middle ground? Probably a state of confusion or indecision between the two, but not a clear area of thought. Which one is better? One mentality may fit one individual while the other can fit another. Both have appeared in my mind, the comfort zone of superiority is fine, but the reality of it gets to you.
The Double Life...
Ever wonder if you live two lives but you never realized the fact that you were. Ever play a set of games and wonder "what is my life worth?" Ever tell a set of lies and realize "why am I doing this"
The fact is that many people have an exterior and interior personality. On the exterior, some pretend to be happy and stupid. Usually living life as a lie through self desire or just not admitting to the fact that they are in trouble. But on the interior, they are truly in pain and feel neglected. Can the exterior and interior ever be the same, can someone actually meld them together you ask? What happens? Does the double life ever end? What trust do people have in each other? The exterior is always showing while the interior slowly destroys them. Mentally broken one might say, or mentally enlightened. For some people, the double life is non-existent. The ones that truly live their lives open and without confusion are the ones that get the most out of life.
The Escape...
Any form of recreation- including video games, sports, music, or simple card games. The vacation of reality as some might refer to it. These escapes only help one to a certain extent, allowing them to live the "double life" at times and allowing them to forget about their troubles. What one never realizes while escaping is that they do not live their own life. Escaping reality is fine unless it becomes obsession. Whatever the situation, one should never depend on escape as a means to live. Awakening every morning to live an escape is foolish, should never happen, and if it does happen, your screwed. Once in this scenario, one can only escape the "escape" if that indvidual makes a personal decision to stop. The escape can relate to smoking, no need to explain the danger in that.
The Trap...
From personal experience, leading a life of confusion and finding myself has totally changed my way and perspective of life. One can never doubt ones' abilities, the trap I call it. Self denial, self doubt, self destruction, and ultimately trapping yourself in a situation of bitter loneliness. Once one falls into the trap, they are clamped down until reality hits them in the face. Is reality harsh?, maybe at first but you begin to realize that the things you do with your life is what makes the difference. Always take the risk, always take the opportunity, never regret your actions unless they were of true falsity. "What I do with my life is my decision, I can basically do anything". One does not have to excel at that certain thing though. There is no stopping a deaf man from the love of music, Beethoven is an excellent example. Is the trap lost forever when one is released? Never... one can always fall into the trap again, may it be another situation of the same calibur or a totally different scenario.
The Gamble...
The roll of the dice, the luck pot, the block you hit when playing mario, the golden ticket you found in the sewer drain, what did you get out of life? Some people can recieve the life of a king while others feel like they hit ground zero. How did I get into this situation? Why could I have not been born different; ethnically, racially, personality wise, physcially, mentally, or just plain why? Religion plays no factor in this decision. People must accept that they have been born into whatever situation they are in and live with it. Even the worst situation, for example- poor family that licks shit off the ground for food- must be a realization. You can not blame or use your life as an excuse not to excel or succeed. You must realize the fact that your life was meant for you and you are initially the only individual that can make the best of it.
The Hypocrite...
What I always fear and hate is the common hypocrite. The one that always tells lies, acts like a fake panzy, backstabs others for fun, and plainly lives life in self destruction. It is definitely unhealthy to lie to someones face and in actuallity not realize that you have done so. The lie is the common tool of many individuals to "stop the pain" or to "hide the truth" or even to toy with others. In my opinion, the lie is pathetic. Once one tells a lie, more lies must follow, and lies hurt everyone, even the one expanding it. And what I fear about the hypocrite is a story within itself. The hypocrite never gives up, always denies, toys with life itself, and does not even realize it. They basically live a huge lie that eventually explodes in their own face. Depending on how they want to handle the situation, the lie can last for quite a while.
