Ptolemy

It's a scary thought. 10 years from now, none of these people are going to matter. Everyone's going to be off doing his or her own thing, making a life for themselves. We get so wrapped up in high school, it's ridiculous. Us high schoolers, for the most part, have all had our fair share of dilemmas and have learned to tackle our own everyday obstacles: homework, sports, peers, gossip, etc. What happens when these life lessons become meaningless? And when we're faced with a completely new set of lessons that require an equal amount of time and patience as each problematic situation we've so far endured?

Gosh, I'm so tired of these self centered people who seem to appear in countless numbers... People thinking that the world revolves around them and their problems. This often results in being so worried about his or her own condition, that they become oblivious to the walking wounded around them. Just today, I was talking to a girl who seemed to have a bad case of "elevator eyes". I realized that not only with me, but whomever else this person talked to, she would eye from head to toe, to see if that person's outfit was as nice, or if she was as equally groomed. It gave her some sick superiority complex. I feel like as I mature, I get smaller. I see other parts of the world I didn't see before. Other points of view. I see outside myself more.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view. Our paradigms are often way off whack, and as a result create limitations. For example, someone thinks that someone else is a bitch. Well, what you see is what you get. If you want to believe that that person is a _____ (insert synonymous noun here), then you will look for evidence to prove your case. Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires. Cast a rosy hue on everything you do. The way you remember the past depends upon your hope for the future. And if what you see in your future has no hope, it has no potential, then you view the past that brought you to here as not very good.

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he or she can entertain simultaneously on the same topic. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. But then again, Ptolemy was just as convinced that the Earth was the center of the universe.

Basically, and I'm not sure how I led myself to this, but the facts are simple: It's easier to go down a hill than up it, but the view is much better at the top. Thank you for listening to my torrents.