Some people cry. Some people hide. Most people ignore.
What can you contribute to a changing world?
Societies never remain the same, unless forced to.
Can you grasp something that is not made of matter?
Interaction is not only physical.
So why is it we cannot let go of love? Or hate'¦

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I have always stood in a world of my own. A world I, and I alone, share with everyone else. You can be a key figure, leading my world in different directions, but you can never be the one who decides to change it.
Why is this important for me to declare?
Because I feel that this world, and the billions of realities thriving on it, would be a better place if everyone would expand their point of view.
You can only accuse someone of an action, when you do not understand the reason for that action. Everything you do seems reasonable to you. So can you accuse yourself of being bad? And if people were to understand your actions the same as you do, can they accuse you of being bad?

Who decides what is appropriate, what is good, what is right?
I believe something is right only when it is accepted by the society you live in. No one has the divine authority to judge actions, because he is not you, and I am not him. I cannot understand what brings a different man to his course of actions.
If murder was accepted as a common and daily action in society, would it be considered bad?

Most importantly, there is a great difference between a person and his actions. A man cannot be judged by what he does.
Stealing is considered wrong by society, true. So a man who steals is considered bad?
And what if that man stole from corrupted "evil" companies, and gave to the needy, people who have no food to eat. Would you still call him bad?
Killing is one of the worst things a man can do. This is what society defined, and I cannot agree more. But what about a man who kills in self defense? Is he considered evil? No, at least not in my opinion.

Just because you live in a society that accepts a certain type of behavior, does not mean you have to accept it as is. Just because someone tells you that what you are doing, or that what you think is wrong or right, does not mean that they are correct. They are, however, one hundred percent correct in their own world, their own reality. This is how they were brought up, this is what they believe, and this is true, for them.

But you have to understand that you cannot blame a person for the way the think, just like you cannot blame a man for his actions, simply because you cannot understand their point of view. And just like you cannot get angry at a teenager for wanting a tattoo, you cannot be angry with his parent for disagreeing, or not being able to understand why the teen wants a tattoo.

If everybody took a moment to think about a situation, not through there own eyes, but through the eyes of the other person, things would be different. Anger, for one, would not appear so often. And reactions would include a moments thought, which is more than the way things are in today's world.
But since no one person, or ideology can change a society, we need to accept things as they are, and not be frustrated by the way things are, because maybe now we understand why they are so. Some people are not able to think outside the box. Most people were raised on ideas and customs that are hundreds of years old, unable to adapt to a dynamic and changing world. Some things cannot be applied differently. They should simply be changed to fit today's reality.

Understanding what I am trying to say would leave a person in a state of frustration. Because seeing the world as I do, means giving up a lot during verbal confrontations, asking for forgiveness, letting someone else think they are right, and simply letting things "slide". It is easier to change yourself rather than the people around you. Besides, life is too short to be getting angry all the time at people.

So what can you do to contribute to a changing world? Nothing.
But what can you do to change your personal world? Everything. Don't take things too seriously. And more importantly, don't think that you have the ability to judge. Because when you decide that someone is wrong, it is true, but only to you. And then you get angry, even if based on a judgment call, which may or may not be true.

Rules are representations of your society's general acceptance. You don't have to accept them, but you do have to obey them. There is no reason to try and resist, because you would simply be making your life harder. Would it change anything if you yelled at a cop arresting you, saying "He deserved the punch I gave him!"?
No. You would still be arrested. Probably not fair, but it would be your own fault in that situation. Because you know punching someone is against the law, even if he deserved it.

To summarize, I like using the term "rolling along with life". It's easy for me to explain my philosophy using it. Life is a ride, and you are tagging along. There is nothing more to it, unless you believe in heaven.
Be smart, not right. Because being right is simply subjective.
I hope I was able to raise more than a few eyebrows, in a good way. And if anything I say makes any sense, than your life will be much easier, and things wouldn't be so serious or dramatic.

So let go of your mental cage, a society defined cage...

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