The World is So Big
OK, I know that seems like an obvious statement right there, but have you acctually thought about it? I mean, really thought about it?
In terms of geography, no one's surprised. It's huge. Bigger than my backyard (obviously). But in terms of people, how you live your life, what you get to see - it's bewildering.
My world is relatively small. I know a handfull of people, have heard of some more people, seen a bit of said world and yet, every time I notice something stupid, like someone getting a thousand followers a minute on Twitter, it hits me smack in the face that the world is so much bigger than we realize.
I live in a city of what, 120 thousand people. It's a relatively small number, considering. But the chances of seeing the same face twice in a crowd are slim to none. Seriously. There are people I haven't seen since I graduated from elementary school 9 years ago. And yet, we are talking of a rather monotonous city. There's one centre of town, 2 malls and a handfull of big main roads. Everyone in the city goes to these places on a regular basis. And yet. And yet. Which leads me to believe that this huge world is just a series of coincedences, chance, luck, bad luck and what have you.
In this big place, the World, you have to realize that you're not the only one calling the shots in your own life. Everything depends on everyone else, and in a place of 6 billion (and counting) that counts for a lot.
Let's say that I decide, on a whim, to go out for a drive today. I get in my car, buckle my seatbelt, and all of a sudden I remember I forgot my phone in the flat. I rush out of the car and go up to get the phone. Meanwhile, a red car drives by, a little too fast.
I get in the car again and start driving. On my way, I come across a car accident. The red car smashed head on into an unsuspecting driver, causing a fatal accident. That could have been me.
The resulting accident, the reason people are now dead, is a factor of many things. Firstly, I didn't drive off when I first started my car - that could have been me in that accident. If I'd left any sooner, it probably would have. Secondly, the driver of the red car made the choice of going driving, and made the choice of driving too fast. Thirdly, the driver of the third car perhaps forgot to check his mirrors, or was preoccupied, or doing nothing at all, when the red car lost control. And the third car might even have been changing lanes as a direct result of what someone else decided. Which in turn happend because yet another person decided yet another thing. What a chain reaction. A chain that goes on all over the world. Step on a butterfly today...
Everything depends on everyone else. It's a bloody miracle we all manage to survive throughout the day, when nothing that happens to us is exactly and only up to ourselves.
It's like watching long threads tangling in the wind. Some will get intertwined, some will get frayed and some will break free. Every so often someone comes along and roughs up the threads, sending catastrophe or exultation to each individual.
So big.
What have you decided to do to day?
Think about the consequences - in a wider context than you're used to. You might get carried away.
EddaK
- Decided
OK, I know that seems like an obvious statement right there, but have you acctually thought about it? I mean, really thought about it?
In terms of geography, no one's surprised. It's huge. Bigger than my backyard (obviously). But in terms of people, how you live your life, what you get to see - it's bewildering.
My world is relatively small. I know a handfull of people, have heard of some more people, seen a bit of said world and yet, every time I notice something stupid, like someone getting a thousand followers a minute on Twitter, it hits me smack in the face that the world is so much bigger than we realize.
I live in a city of what, 120 thousand people. It's a relatively small number, considering. But the chances of seeing the same face twice in a crowd are slim to none. Seriously. There are people I haven't seen since I graduated from elementary school 9 years ago. And yet, we are talking of a rather monotonous city. There's one centre of town, 2 malls and a handfull of big main roads. Everyone in the city goes to these places on a regular basis. And yet. And yet. Which leads me to believe that this huge world is just a series of coincedences, chance, luck, bad luck and what have you.
In this big place, the World, you have to realize that you're not the only one calling the shots in your own life. Everything depends on everyone else, and in a place of 6 billion (and counting) that counts for a lot.
Let's say that I decide, on a whim, to go out for a drive today. I get in my car, buckle my seatbelt, and all of a sudden I remember I forgot my phone in the flat. I rush out of the car and go up to get the phone. Meanwhile, a red car drives by, a little too fast.
I get in the car again and start driving. On my way, I come across a car accident. The red car smashed head on into an unsuspecting driver, causing a fatal accident. That could have been me.
The resulting accident, the reason people are now dead, is a factor of many things. Firstly, I didn't drive off when I first started my car - that could have been me in that accident. If I'd left any sooner, it probably would have. Secondly, the driver of the red car made the choice of going driving, and made the choice of driving too fast. Thirdly, the driver of the third car perhaps forgot to check his mirrors, or was preoccupied, or doing nothing at all, when the red car lost control. And the third car might even have been changing lanes as a direct result of what someone else decided. Which in turn happend because yet another person decided yet another thing. What a chain reaction. A chain that goes on all over the world. Step on a butterfly today...
Everything depends on everyone else. It's a bloody miracle we all manage to survive throughout the day, when nothing that happens to us is exactly and only up to ourselves.
It's like watching long threads tangling in the wind. Some will get intertwined, some will get frayed and some will break free. Every so often someone comes along and roughs up the threads, sending catastrophe or exultation to each individual.
So big.
What have you decided to do to day?
Think about the consequences - in a wider context than you're used to. You might get carried away.
EddaK
- Decided
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Nákvæmlega, hef oft pælt í þessu, hvað ef ég geri ekki þetta en þetta í staðinn... breytist þá allt hitt !!! Þetta eru mjög heimspekilegar pælingar sem ég held því miður að við fáum ekki svar við ;) Ég held reyndar að örlög fólks séu dálítið fyrirfram ákveðið, þannig að ég held t.d að þú getir ekki alveg stjórnað þínu ! Dagný
Ja heimurinn er huge, og hann er enn stærri thegar madur veltir fyrir ser fjoldanum ollum af frabæru og ahugaverdu folki sem ad madur kemur tvi midur ekki til med ad vita af eda kynnast!
En tad er lika hvetjandi ad hugsa til thess hve stor heimurinn er og hvesru margir moguleikar bida manns utaf tvi, tad er allt hægt tegar moguleikarnir eru oteljandi! Knus a thig og takk fyrir skemmtilega pælingu :)
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