So, as I have spent many years around many different types n personalities of people, I've come to notice somethings in common. Again, just my perspective, but I think that more than anything else people like to be acknowledged. Acknowledged by someone or by a lot of people. Acknowledged for what and who they know. I hope one day I will be acknowledged for what and who I know, that I will be acknowledged for writing this blog, and writing my perspective which I hope will benefit anyone and everyone who cares to read it. I've noticed that, for example, when kids get a right answer in school, and are congratulated for it, it makes them feel good. It makes them feel accomplished at least in that moment in time.
In writing my blog I'm trying to say I acknowledge all people, for being who and what you are, and I congratulate and appreciate your thoughts, ideas, perspectives, and simply your lives. I appreciate you for adding to my knowledge, and I acknowledge you are the reasons why I have shaped my perspective and life to be what it is. People feel good for being recognized and acknowledged. I think that knowledge in general is what makes people feel good. Knowledge of coming across something new, finding something/anything or someone/anyone that has some form of knowledge in common with them, and thereby forms a relationship with them.
It is conversation in general that makes this knowledge happen. Otherwise, people are limited to only their minds, their singular thoughts, which is a form of solitary confinement. I believe that solitary confinement is the worst punishment known to mankind, as we are social and inter-dependent animals. While people can survive on one's own, it is not a good feeling. Why did 'god' make 'eve' for 'adam'? For companionship, to make him feel better by having someone who shares something in common with him.
I don't think that companionship must be exclusively a romantic relationship, but I think we also desire that form of companionship as well. A best friend, a sole person that best understands you. But I think a best friend is far more important to making people feel good than the desire for sex, or money, or anything else. I think that is how we connect to God, by connecting to each other, in any capacity that occurs. In writing my blog, that was my hope. To connect with as many people as I could by sharing my singular perspective on how and why I choose to live my life the way I do. If you are alive, you are a human, and you are equal to me, because ultimately we are all after the same thing. Acknowledgment of what we think, feel, and know. I hope to know more, more people, more perspectives, more studies, more of life, because as far as I know I only have one life to live. I'm trying everything I know how to live it to the fullest.
In writing my blog I'm trying to say I acknowledge all people, for being who and what you are, and I congratulate and appreciate your thoughts, ideas, perspectives, and simply your lives. I appreciate you for adding to my knowledge, and I acknowledge you are the reasons why I have shaped my perspective and life to be what it is. People feel good for being recognized and acknowledged. I think that knowledge in general is what makes people feel good. Knowledge of coming across something new, finding something/anything or someone/anyone that has some form of knowledge in common with them, and thereby forms a relationship with them.
It is conversation in general that makes this knowledge happen. Otherwise, people are limited to only their minds, their singular thoughts, which is a form of solitary confinement. I believe that solitary confinement is the worst punishment known to mankind, as we are social and inter-dependent animals. While people can survive on one's own, it is not a good feeling. Why did 'god' make 'eve' for 'adam'? For companionship, to make him feel better by having someone who shares something in common with him.
I don't think that companionship must be exclusively a romantic relationship, but I think we also desire that form of companionship as well. A best friend, a sole person that best understands you. But I think a best friend is far more important to making people feel good than the desire for sex, or money, or anything else. I think that is how we connect to God, by connecting to each other, in any capacity that occurs. In writing my blog, that was my hope. To connect with as many people as I could by sharing my singular perspective on how and why I choose to live my life the way I do. If you are alive, you are a human, and you are equal to me, because ultimately we are all after the same thing. Acknowledgment of what we think, feel, and know. I hope to know more, more people, more perspectives, more studies, more of life, because as far as I know I only have one life to live. I'm trying everything I know how to live it to the fullest.
and Erin Brooks, you have always been my best friend, I wuv u Ewin Books ;)
ReplyDeleteMemory (remembering people, remembering what they say and who they are)+ Observation (observing you recognize them, you remember who they are and see that they are still alive)= Awareness.
ReplyDeleteMemory also comes from remembering those that have already lived, and the stories they leave behind. That is why I love hearing the stories of my elders, I want to know, I want to be aware of what came before so I can be aware of what is happening now.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with your point about humans wanting to be acknowledged.It's something we strive for in varying degrees such as social networking,things we do other people,and for me,perhaps the biggest thing after we're left this mortal coil.
ReplyDeleteYour friend screaming for "acknowledgement"...
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How will we be remembered by our family,friends,lovers,colleagues,and if you lived with a high profile,by the general,rank and file of humanity?
I hope that from my encounters with those I'm come across,whether it be a good or bad experience I feel it's just a few variables that go into the the great life equation:encounter/experience x learning/application=legacy.
And the aforementioned legacy can be acknowledged/perceived as favorable or infamous.
welp, i stay consistent. I'm way too passionate at this point in my life to not. I'm not necessarily looking for legacy, i'm an equal. Looking solely for acknowledgment. it seems simple to me. which is why i try to not write things that would not be easily understood. It is not that i think like a child, it is just that I also want children to understand too. I'm not seeking monetary self-gain (though monetary survival gain would be a step up right now) I'm not seeking prideful recognition. I just think I've got information to help people out, and if people don't recognize me, i'm not ok with just being watched. I'm not a zoo animal on display. I'm real, like you. It's easy, we are real. We like to know. Even if i'm crazy, or even if I'm making a lot of sense, people like to know what is going on around them. It sets them at ease and makes them feel more comfortable. Right now, i'd be a lot more comfortable being known by many people. Because i think i've got a lot of things figured out that would help many people. But if i'm talking to myself constantly, I am crazy. I kinda don't think i am crazy, and I think i'm aware enough to recognize that. i don't want a soap box, just an equal ear, that recognizes how hard i've been trying to be heard and recognized.
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