seems like the best thoughts come to me at night.
the term 'never judge a book by its cover?' i dont think that's something that is possible. fortunately enough, we all have eyes, ears, and even a sixth sense to feel emotion. all that is which paralleled to our ability to judge. now i dont want to make this sound like another spiel of a cliche topic "dont judge people" but at this day in age how can we not....
LIFE is so different than it was 10-15 years ago. i would like to think it was way way way way way more simple back then. but this technology has serious implications on society. FACEBOOK. INSTAGRAM. TWITTER. TELEVISION. MEDIA. everything we see and hear.... judged. oh this person is pretty, that person is rich, those people are having so much fun. and ultimately behind our screens we start to compare. i wish i was that pretty. im probably richer than that person. why do i have lousy friends. now these arent my thoughts, i love my friends! :)
one of my biggest examples is a couple. you know these 2 people, there are not in your inner circle of friends, but always around. always happy. always so many photos on social media. yet you think "man theres a good bunch, they seem happy" etc etc. then after weeks months or years, they break up. sometimes i would ask my self "why what happened but they seemed so good?" EHHHHH wrong. you dont know jack shit. you think you know shit, which is the dangerous part of not knowing jack shit.
anyways the fact that we know nothing about someone, yet know everything about them is quite... odd... the mind has a interesting psyche where we take this image of someone in our head and place them in a high pedestal. (generalizations of course not all applicable.) then we suddenly look and compare. and if everything was completely obvious up to this point... we. all. do. this. sub. cons. cious. ly. and its all part of life. and depending on how you look at it, your mind will fuck with you. a trap i fall victim to many times.
i thought came up when i was in college. the thought of 'i never was exceptional at anything'. i was an average asian joe. went to gatech. liked basketball. yahdeeyah. at one point in my life i was like DAMN. i wish i was really good at one thing. but how did i know i didnt excel at guitar, sports, academics what have you. because we are always in a state of comparison and judging. and i really believe that sometimes that you dont have to change what you do, you have to change the way you think. cause the mind is a superpower of its own.
so sometimes you will judge a book by its cover. but why not try reading that book. if you dont like it, thats fine. if you enjoy the read then keep it on the shelf. the more you read that book, you will begin to notice more and more and countless things. and you will come to accepts its company. some books will have drama. others a comedy. small niches we all need. until you end up having a library of random books. all that you love.
corny way to end my random thought.
the term 'never judge a book by its cover?' i dont think that's something that is possible. fortunately enough, we all have eyes, ears, and even a sixth sense to feel emotion. all that is which paralleled to our ability to judge. now i dont want to make this sound like another spiel of a cliche topic "dont judge people" but at this day in age how can we not....
LIFE is so different than it was 10-15 years ago. i would like to think it was way way way way way more simple back then. but this technology has serious implications on society. FACEBOOK. INSTAGRAM. TWITTER. TELEVISION. MEDIA. everything we see and hear.... judged. oh this person is pretty, that person is rich, those people are having so much fun. and ultimately behind our screens we start to compare. i wish i was that pretty. im probably richer than that person. why do i have lousy friends. now these arent my thoughts, i love my friends! :)
one of my biggest examples is a couple. you know these 2 people, there are not in your inner circle of friends, but always around. always happy. always so many photos on social media. yet you think "man theres a good bunch, they seem happy" etc etc. then after weeks months or years, they break up. sometimes i would ask my self "why what happened but they seemed so good?" EHHHHH wrong. you dont know jack shit. you think you know shit, which is the dangerous part of not knowing jack shit.
anyways the fact that we know nothing about someone, yet know everything about them is quite... odd... the mind has a interesting psyche where we take this image of someone in our head and place them in a high pedestal. (generalizations of course not all applicable.) then we suddenly look and compare. and if everything was completely obvious up to this point... we. all. do. this. sub. cons. cious. ly. and its all part of life. and depending on how you look at it, your mind will fuck with you. a trap i fall victim to many times.
i thought came up when i was in college. the thought of 'i never was exceptional at anything'. i was an average asian joe. went to gatech. liked basketball. yahdeeyah. at one point in my life i was like DAMN. i wish i was really good at one thing. but how did i know i didnt excel at guitar, sports, academics what have you. because we are always in a state of comparison and judging. and i really believe that sometimes that you dont have to change what you do, you have to change the way you think. cause the mind is a superpower of its own.
so sometimes you will judge a book by its cover. but why not try reading that book. if you dont like it, thats fine. if you enjoy the read then keep it on the shelf. the more you read that book, you will begin to notice more and more and countless things. and you will come to accepts its company. some books will have drama. others a comedy. small niches we all need. until you end up having a library of random books. all that you love.
corny way to end my random thought.
i hope we can be book buddies and be on the same shelf along with a few other crazy books...
and you're def not an average asian joe.. you're DJANJO4LYF