So, after watching Irving High School's rendition of "Our Town", I am left here contemplating how blind of a person I am as I let my life pass me by-- rarely taking the time to pay attention to the minute details. Knowing very well that this is a detrimental way of living and knowing that deep inside of me I wish that I could slow down time for me to get things done especially when, simultaneously, I want time to speed up and make the unpleasant parts of life over as soon as possible.
This juxtaposition of want is exactly the indecisiveness that makes me human. I am never happy or content with what I am given. If it is cold outside, I want the Texas heat. If it is 100+ degrees, I want the relief of cooler breeze and coldness. Although weather is an example of homeostasis and is typically relevant to most people, I am comfortable with the fact that I am not the only person on this planet that feels as conflicted as I do at times.
The bliss of living in ignorance and blindness is a fallacy. False, a lie, untrue. The biggest contradiction of living at all is not taking it in with each experience--good or bad. You celebrate the joyous times and suffer with the misery, yet all of the things experienced in between are what make up the principle of individuals that are able to think for themselves without the fear of having a naïve mind. I analyse what I have come to know and I realize that the more I do know, the less I have to feel about learning to begin with. I love to learn and read new things, but I need to be able to engage myself differently so that the pattern by which I intake knowledge does not become tiresome or boring. The point I am trying my hardest to arrive to is that people need drive and determination to begin thinking, acting, living consciously. To take every single thing in and register it to reinforce your mind.
Think of your mind as a castle. It needs to stand tall and strong, with the utmost fortitude. Do not let your castles fall to ignorance, distraction, or blindness.
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