Ever been stuck in traffic and your thoughts immediately are along the lines of "agh look at that idiot blocking the traffic", "what a waste of my time this is" ,"why is this stupid guy in front of me letting everybody in" etc etc etc... When you think about what is actually running through your mind you might realise how negative your cycle of thoughts is. How selfish and self-centred are those thoughts? How easily have we slid into a pattern of me me me! What if the traffic is the result of a huge accident where paramedics are working frantically to save the lives of 3 children? Or what if the guy blocking the traffic is just trying to get home to his wife and two kids that he hasn't seen for 6 months because he has been away doing work? We are free to choose how to think and what to think about. Being aware of our thoughts and what is around us is so vitally important. We as human beings seem to live unconsciously- missing life because we aren't actually aware of it but how can we miss life if it is such an obvious thing? Because we are so stuck in our own thoughts of me me me we miss what is right in front of us. Naturally as humans we find things to worship, not just religious worship such as god but things like money, beauty, power. Having awareness about what we worship and what we choose to worship is a hugely important choice that we as human beings make, most of the time without even knowing we have.
Please take 20 minutes out of your day to listen to this speech: This Is Water by David Foster Wallace! May just change the way you think :)
I FOUND THIS TO BE VERY SIGNIFICANT IN THAT IT ALLOWS ONE TO THINK DIFFERENT FROM HOW THREY'VE BEEN TINKING ALL THEIR LIFE. IT'S BASICALLY SAYING THAT THE THINKING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE WORLD BECAUSE ITS ONLY FOCUSED ON OUR LITTLE WORLD. ITS PROMPTING US TO BE SURRIUNDED BY MORE BY HUMILITY. AND "HUMILITY IS NOT THINKING LESS OF YOURSELF;ITS THINKING ABOUT YOURSELF LESS". AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THINKING DAVID IS TALKING ABOUT HERE. PRETTY AWESOME!
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