Dreams.

Reaching for the sky.

Perfection.

The topic of the day. Can we attain it? Is it possible? Do we expect it of people? If not, what do we expect? Growth? Learning? Maturity?

Do mistakes make you bad? No, no they don't. Not learning from your mistakes? Doesn't make you bad either. It takes time to learn these things, and it takes understanding people to help nuture this growth. Self-awareness is key here.

Admittedly, I am not always self-aware, I do try my best, but we cannot always have the glasses of clarity on when we are judging ourselves. Also, we have to recognize when judging others, we also do not have this magical magnifying glass to know how they are or who they are. We should not fall into the confirmation bias trap, and we should not be victims of priming. Our own outlooks often cloud our judgements on people. Insecurities of your own are brought to the surface and projected onto others and we could never know it happened.

So the question becomes, who are we to make judgements? Why do we judge people all of the time and not accept them. I failed, I conformed to the judgements... There was a time I would accept most people, and now that I have dug myself this hole...I find it hard to climb out.

People may laugh, and people may judge you, it's sad to think they have the power to judge another person, we are no better than anyone else in this world. Am I better than anyone else around? No, I am not.

What makes someone better than someone else? Their looks? Their social status? Their perfect hair?

Superficial, superficial, superficial.

When all is said and done in this world, are people going to look back and say "There goes Brad, he earned a lot of money, he was a great man and is of greater importance than others." or "Hey it's Brad, boy he's good looking, he is so much more important than everyone else." or "Those amazing brand name clothes that Brad is wearing makes him so much cooler than me, I wish I was that important...time to go buy Brand X."

Why are we obsessed with such trivial things. I got sucked into this cycle of idiocy recently...I never cared about this before, and now I do because everyone else does. It is okay to think like this though, I mean, life is just as it is. We find different meanings for it ourselves, and that is what makes this world amazing - everyone is unique.

It is up to us to find our own niche in this world and our own purpose. I am going to try my best to not judge as much as I can...though it has become a bad habit...it isn't permanant.

I have always tried to grow, and recognize what I could. I will push ahead further, and that is all anyone can ask of me.

posted by Bradimon @ 3:22 a.m.