did you ever realize how incredibly complex humans are? when you look at a person, it's like you're seeing the tip of an iceberg. it looks huge and complicated. and yet, you're only seeing 10% of the entire thing. there's another whole world below the surface, out of view.
no matter how close you might think you are, you can never really, truly understand someone else. i mean, just think about yourself! you know how complicated you are, how your thoughts and emotions are sometimes so jumbled that you yourself can't even make sense of them. you know how hard it is to understand yourself sometimes. so how can you really, completely understand someone else?
when you look at a person, you have to realize that you are seeing an entire world. a deep, complicated, and beautiful world. and a very fragile one. it is pure folly to base your thoughts on a person entirely on what you see at first glance- because you are only seeing the tip! you have no idea what that person has gone through. you can only guess at his true thoughts and feelings. even if you think you have the hard life, while this person has never had a second of troubles, or maybe you think that person is incredibly shallow and a complete idiot. trust me, you're wrong. do not judge people by what you see, because you are not seeing the whole picture, not even half of it. you are only seeing the tip, the barest shadow of who this person truly is.
so be careful around others. treat everyone- friends, siblings, parents, teachers, enemies- with the respect due to fellow human being. don't make assumptions about others, even if you think you know them. because what you are seeing is not the real person. with your limited vision, you have no idea what an incrediby complex and beautiful world you're looking at.
so tred very carefully- and try to see beyond the tip.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
tip of the iceberg
Posted by griffinrider at 7:35 PM
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It is amazing how complex a species we are yet at the same time we can be so predictable.
We don't even fully understand completely how the human brain works!
Bamboozle does mean to confuse, but I guess for some reason people decided to name a musical festival after it :) I don't care so much what its named so long as they have good bands there.
you're totally crazy in a majorly chizz way, did you know that? That is probably the best metaphor that I've heard for that bit of advice. very nicely done. I must say, that's my favorite bit of advice because i don't like stereotyping. This stems from the fact that i used to be one of the biggest stereotypers in my school...then i found out that my friends weren't really the greatest people and i ditched 'em and got to know the people i used to hate.
Ees anano retal
Cuppy
i agree with alannah, we are soooo predictable, yet 99% of the time we dont have the faintest idea why were here or what are we supose to do?!
nicely said.
I agree we shouldn't judge and we can never understand someone completely but i also think that we can't stop people from judging others, no matter how how it is and even though we may or may not know we should, it is almost impossible for us not to judge one person at least once in our life, we all have pre judgement on someone because that is human nature. It's impossible for us not to, what we should try to do instead is not act on our pre judgment and see if we can see beyond them. So yeah i agree with what you're saying, we shouldn't judge, i'm also saying that we always will.
that's why I hate posers! XD Anyway, what if you've known someone for about 2 years and he's a total jerk, no matter what his cousin tells you?
alannah, we're never going to know how the human brain works. human nature is not a science you can study and understand.
wow, cuppy! that's great. most people aren't able to see through their own stereotypes like that. you seem very wise and mature.
m,m,m,; that's true. no matter how many times we tell ourselves that we're "non-judgemental", we do end up judging others.
vynn, you bring up a very good point. there are good people and there are bad people in the world. but especially at this age, there are usually reasons why soemone is acting like a jerk. i mean, there was a kid in my class who was incredibly obnoxious, and i absolutely couldn't stand her. later, i discovered that her onnoxiousness stemmed from her insecurity. in addition to that, she was having some trouble at home, and didn't know how to deal with it.
i'm not saying that her actions were right. but the thing is, the only thing i could see when i looked at her was a jerk. you don't have to like everybody, but you have to realize that there is a lot more to them than reaches the eye.
this is so true! i have a friend who i thought was totally fine, and later she told me that she had attempted suicide 3 times. it's sometimes impossible to tell what some people are going through.
Have you ever looked directly into a persons eyes? People are right. There are the doorway to the soal. You can see their intentions, thire fears, their heartache... their love. (I kno that's mushy... but I first realized this whole eye thing bye looking into the eyes of this guy who likes me. I didn't know he liked me at the time.)I hope I'm not the only one who sees these things. As if I'm not wierd enough. But I guess...
I'm seeing past the tip of the ice-burg,
PS: for more of my thoughts, check my blog for Posts Called "I've been thinking... Trees" and "I've been Thinking...Eyes"
you've kissed a frog...? Haha, I got it fixed today and it looks fine now.
learning to look through
the lie of first impressions
find the soul within
the realization
that these soul-revealing eyes
are worlds within worlds
wow try to think very deeply griffenrider..just saying...hey this is the first time ive been to ur blog so...hey loL!
hey, nano! that's very interesting.
yes, vynn, i have kissed a frog. interesting story. maybe i'll tell it to you sometime.
nicely phrased, raingirl. and cory, welcome! i do hope you're enjoying.
haha, nice.
Hi! Miss mii? Probably not, but I haven't felt like arguing, and I still don't. So all I'm gonna say on that subject is: read Romans, a book in the New Testament. Thank you, and great point, although I pretty much have my bro/best friend figured out. :P
;) The Mii Maker ;)
hi, mii! i was wondering when you'd show up again. why on earth would i want to read that?
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