Perspective; Perseption

People are peculiar. There is no other possible conclusion to come to when strolling through this life we live. We all have our own hopes, fears, understandings. But the thing that strikes me most is our perception of what events go on around us. An incident could be witnessed by an entire crowd of people and every one of them could experience it differently. When I interact with you, we both play different roles. I write and you read. And although it may be my words that you are reading, it is your thoughts that you are – hopefully – thinking. I design my words to target and coax ideas from your minds, but I cannot accurately guess your reaction to my notions. Perspective and perception vary between people based on their past experiences. Almost everyday we live our lives with no regard to others viewpoints because we are conscious only of our own. It is easy to do, but think of this: when someone asks you a question, think about how they are feeling/thinking/perceiving the event that is taking place. You have information that may help them with their question, but though they ask, they are not even certain of that. Thinking like this can almost induce an out of body experience. In fact, in everyday life, we all live with different levels of knowledge and understanding, some higher than others. I may be have more knowledge about art than a computer scientist, but can I write the complex formulas that they do, let alone understand their job? Just because we know different things, does not make one of us more knowledgeable than the other. Every person alive on this earth thinks differently, even if only slightly. Your family and friends, though you may know them well, do not have the same though process as you, and therefore may not arrive at the same conclusion. It may be difficult, but stop and think the next time an argument happens. You may think that you are right, but it is not necessarily about being right; it has a lot to o with how you get there.