I guess Freud was kind of right when he said that as we get older we learn more about right and wrong (or, rather what is socially accepted as 'right' and 'wrong'). As we get older we as an individual see ourselves as just a part of society rather than the world revolving around us like some protagonist of a tediously written movie. Like, when I was little I had this thought that I was the only person who surfaces through the world consciously and everyone else was programmed to be the way they are (i.e: my brother was programmed to be a totally antagonistic douche and RUIN MY LIFE-- he doesn't anymore.)
And maybe that's all mostly because we don't see and comprehend the whole complexity of the world and how each individual is unique. But, how can people be all unique? If everyone was unique then being unique would be considered normal which is quite contradictory to the prospect of being unique. Right? No? Being individually unique offers to a lot of variety as a human being like how we physically look, our personalities, our level of intelligence and intellect etc. (So being unique= not being exactly the same as anyone... like snowflakes)
Even if we're all different it would be difficult to make everyone feel special. Because being special means that you stand out from the rest. But how can you stand out from the rest when the rest are also trying to be special? How can someone shout loud enough to be heard whilst buried in a sea of screaming people?
I would love to have a nice conclusion, but I'm not quite sure where I was going with this. So, yeah, be nice to other people.
hmm, I guess rather than people being made to feel special all the time we all get our individial moments thoughtout our existence where some of us are for a certain instance more individual until th enext person sings a song
ReplyDeleteBTW, I like this post. It makes sense and its good thinking. It's true, most people nowadays are living their lives with a certain focus in mind-- to stand out, be special, be unique (or whatever they wish to call it). In the end though, we all become quite similar. Each of us can find a lot of ourselves in common with everybody else -- if everyone is different, no one can be (unless some new form of creativity springs up and there can be a new definition of "unique" in today's society) I'm sorry if this in no way corresponds with what you were thinking:) Thanks for writing about it though! Also, I like your concluding paragraph :)
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