I was just thinking about the posts from the last couple of days.
And it’s pretty wild to me that basically… truly, we really do all see the whole world through out lenses, don’t we?
To some extent, I already knew that – with how different things affect different people, and different advice different people give – that their past and opinions and everything really has a big impact on how they view things.
But like… I think it’s kinda wild how much it really can affect us. For instance, I told this VERY cool story about Jon Stewart (or at least, very cool to me). For the most part, the comments are super positive. But one person posted something about ‘wow, I guess he’s saying you pulled yourself up from your own bootstraps and had NO help from anyone ever.’
I don’t THINK they were being sarcastic/satirical. I think(?) they really meant it? So, I imagine that must be something they personally feel strongly about – maybe someone who doesn’t get enough thanks or acknowledgement in their life. [It’s also possible I’m reading too much into their comment.]
But it’s like, I guess there’s NOTHING – nothing we can all agree about, nothing that’s just cute or fine or whatever. And I think I’ve started noticing it more in myself as well – getting more animated about stuff I might currently be dealing with, or to some extent assuming people might mean a certain thing (especially if they’re talking about me) if I already think that of myself. [I gave an example of this yesterday.]
So, yeah, I just think this is something to really stay aware of – both in how I take people who interact with me. And how I interact with other people.