Eudaimonia

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about people. But, more so, about their purpose. Upon first meeting people, should we be trying to impress them? Should we be more concerned about how they’re feeling or more concerned about how we’re feeling? That is, should I be more focused on finding out about you, or about expressing myself honestly and correctly? But even further than that, why do we try to keep social interaction with people? Aside from ideas about humans compulsively wanting to belong, is there something else behind it? Are we trying to get them to do something a certain way, to think a certain way, or to fight for our cause? And what if they don’t? What if we break down all the boundaries, and I seem to know exactly what you’re about and you seem to know exactly what I’m all about. Where does it go from there? Do we just store that knowledge in our heads and go through with our day to day lives or do we act upon it? And is acting upon it wrong? Why are so many people trying to convince every one else to believe what they believe or to fight on their side? Who said there were even sides to begin with?

I think we’re all humans trying to fight the same battle, and most people I meet don’t seem to know half as much as I think they should know. Or at least they don’t talk about. But why not? Why are we comfortable with just talking about the weather, or sports, or this arbitrary bullshit that, in all aspects or reality, has absolutely no effect on our life? When I start to talk about these big things, people who are much older and significantly less optimistic about the world’s problems tell me to ‘get off the soapbox’. Trust me, I know better than anyone else that every sermon isn’t the gospel, and that every valley is not a lake. But I firmly believe that we should encourage questions, exploration, and ideas. Our generation needs to stop being so zoned out and open up their eyes.

There are plently of people to help out there, you just need to go out and find them. Be a mentor. Show someone that not everyone is going to talk down to them, or try to control them. Be the example. And don’t do it for yourself, for your own glory, for your own legacy. Do it so that maybe, just maybe, the world can become a more peaceful place.