"We are all something, but none of us are everything"
-Blaise Pascal
Each and everyone of us view life differently in every situation. Whether or not you have the same view points, agree on dynamics of a certain topic, have the same religious back ground, or none if that, or any of the little things in between. You can think that the way you interpret existence is the only correct way of being, but it is not. We are all quick to judge those who do not think, speak or act the same way. We use our own lives and opinions to make judgement calls about others, when reality tells you that you are the one in the wrong for making that judgement in the first place. It might be more of ignorance of the dynamics of social norm that is clearly nonexistent in the present day, but a judgement is a judgement none the less. Will there ever be a time where camaraderie will be valued more than just a means of being and going through the motions of life, or can we live in a place where companionship means more than just knowing someone to benefit your own means. I'm not saying that friendships are just tools to boost your self-progression, but, more or less, they are means to a happy life, for you...
A value in life that is over looked a lot is being different. We are each lively in our own ways and need to see that same dissimilarities in others. Too often people run from a situation because they feel uncomfortable around those that are different. Yet those are the people that are usually the first to judge. They keep themselves in a conservative bubble and view the radical gestures around them as wrong. Who are they to say that what the 'bubble' is doing is the right way? Who is to say that the progressives are in the right to be outside of the bubble life? The truth is both in and outside views are wrong. The reason being- they put themselves in to a category of right and wrong and separate their distinctive view points. This makes it so hard for anyone to get along and see the other side when each is shut off by a distinct barrier built on ideas. Ideas- our own thoughts and opinions- are going to be the death of all of us. Maybe not a literal death, but the climax to an ethological demise.
Harold Nicolson:
"We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts."
