Being right and being wrong

Hi!

I'll be going to bed soon.  I woke up from a nap at about  9 p.m. At first I was just planning to stay asleep, but since I laid down at 7 p.m. I don't think I would have been able to stay asleep very long. So I woke up.

Anyways, I wanted to talk about being right and being wrong.

After some time of thinking about this I realized how much of a double-standard and contradictory world we live in.

How some things are okay in certain situations, but not in others. Or how it's okay to do certain things sometimes, but not at certain times.

I've come to see that either these are to to preserve a kind of harmony or keep us in line based on someone else's rules.

Looking past this system, I think how is it possible to create something that even you can't control??

For example, a lot of people seem to be suffering from the economical system. How is that even possible? This system was man-made. I guess I may have the wrong idea,but to me it's the same issue with money. I once asked my mom about money. She told me that they create new money (which waste trees) for some reason (I forgot) and they (I think) burn the old money, or just store it away somewhere. But anyways, after a certain amount of years, that old money is not useful as currency.

To me, that's just plain stupid!! So there are trees being cut down, the very fiber of what helps us create homes, not just for humans but for animals, just to be shredded down and tossed away. Honestly that's just plain stupid.

And here's what's worst. After taking that biology class (which now I don't regret taking), I've come to understand that a decrease in an animal's habitat can limit their population. Think about this please people. If your home is destroyed, where would you forge for food? Where would you go??? Without food or shelter, what will you do??

In situations like this, I can see the reaping and sowing or mankind. I would think to myself "that's harsh to think that way." but when you look at it, it's only that. The world works as a system. Kind of like how we have a system. However, only this universal system cannot be destroyed. But ours certainly can.

Look at what happened to the Roman Empire. Power does not guarantee everything. Power is limited. Well, power that is corrupt.

Of course I may live like everyone else. And my sister kind of scolded me for this. I would think "I have these thoughts, but what to do with them?" Sometimes talking is just talking. It gives no actions. But I know for sure that I like to consider all before going into action. I can be reckless with my actions sometimes.

Anyways, I'm a part of this system. I'm sure people are aware, but maybe they just feel "well, I'll do something later" and when that later comes, it would probably be at it's peak and explode. I guess as one person I know I probably couldn't do much alone. It's that part of knowing one's limit.

But honestly, maybe in the beginning I would have to be a one man army. Some of the greatest people stood despite the odds placed in front of them.

All I say is give me the signal and I'll go running. I just can't take this. Honestly the picture is in front of us, and some of us just play blind and turn away. Saying 'oh, we'll just leave someone else to do  it." But why! Everyone is in this together.

*sighs* I steered off topic lol

Anyways, digging through being right and wrong I've come to see that what may be considered right for one person may not be right for another one. So then I question, what could be factual? For example, to the mass, putting a hand over a fire would tell us that it's hot (tell our brains). However, what if a person lacked this kind of thing.

I don't think it's impossible. After all we live in a world with billions of people.

In certain situations, I guess these studies are based on the majority and ignoring the minority. But when that minority stands up and say "but hey, that's not true. I'm not that way." the we have ourselves a contradictory statement.

I see how simple things could be true statements. Such as "water is wet", but things like "the sky is blue" may not always be true, especially to a color blind person, or a person who lacks the ability to see color at all. They may see it as being only gray and white. And they may argue with you all day long about how what you see isn't true.

And it boils down to this. Your perception! It's an amazing thing. Mix your perception with a bit of emotions and imagination, and you've got yourself a few issues. Especially when trying to relate with someone who has their own perceptions and mind.

I can sit here and go on and on about how I don't think I'm right about anything (I definitely don't think so) but someone may argue with me and say "but you certainly act like this" (<---my sister actually said this)   but I'm not gonna argue, and I'm not gonna shut up either.

I honestly got tried of just keeping everything to myself. Sitting in the dark being told to know my place. That kind of stuff is quite unnecessary. Just like I'm gathering all my strength to not respond to ignorant responses and just turn away, so can you. And then we can just move on with our lives. It's nothing to stop your life for, to give someone so much attention, to just prove your point.

Speaking from my own experience, I know I can't change the way a person thinks. And I know I could try to explain to a person what I mean but that doesn't mean it will make sense to another person (trust me, I live with people who just don't seem to get or want to get what I'm saying and I'm becoming more and more immune to it with time). Mainly what I do is this, and for the most part it's not intentionally that I'm trying to be mean or harsh, but if someone was to say something, I would be able to pick out something that sounds like a contradiction. I would question them on what they said. Not to make them embarrassed, but to 1. understand how they came to that conclusion and 2. elaborate.

I tried to explain this to my younger sister. But she just was not getting it. I explained to her that I even do this to myself (the reason I think a lot in the first place). I don't know if I've been this way all my life, but I've just recently become aware of it. Honestly it's annoying! But at least I can't say I'm bored.

So yes, I do this to myself as well. This is why I think I'm quiet harsh with myself. I tell myself when I should and shouldn't listen. How I should and shouldn't behave. So that time when my teacher made a statement about how we all need the government (or something like this), I told her to step outside of that system. Imagine if it was all destroyed, than what?

In the end, I play these scenarios in my head. The "what-if" scenarios. They aren't like expectations. No, they are just me going through different processes. Kind of like with making a hypothesis. In life, everything is possible. I don't things are impossible, difficult sometimes, but not impossible.

I don't expect them to happen, but I do consider them.

But at the end of the day, do I think they are "right"? Absolutely not. I don't think they are. To some people it may seem like I don't have confidence in what I'm saying. I would say that's not true, but it's not a statement of it being true or not. Because by tomorrow, what I'm saying could be false, or it could have some error that I didn't realize than. So to say I have no confidence just doesn't work.

I think, just taking me as me without trying to place a label is the best possible thing. Not just me but every other person. It's called "seeing the person for who they are, not for who you think they are."

I understand impressions. But as children, before those things became important, before anyone told us what kind of a person a person "may be" we were wide eyed and without judgement. Questioning everything not to be annoying, but questioning just to question. We were adventures. We had imagination. We did just took what was and went with it.

I once read an article about how if a child got upset, they would get over it and go play again. I thought back to my childhood, and it's true. However, the repetition of a certain thing could cause our perception to change.

Mainly what I would like to say is that I'm speaking from my own world. Not just what I see on the outer world but what I feel on the inside. To me, it's like deciphering a puzzle. Some pieces fit together, and some just aren't meant to fit together, but that doesn't mean it's not a part of the puzzle. Each piece is just as important to showing the whole image when it's complete.

So to end this, my advice would be to see the whole picture.

Oh! And also, sense I get the feeling people may take things the way they want to, all I can say is to just try your best with living your life. Nothing I posted here as to apply to you. I'm not trying to attack anyone by saying these things. It's just simple thoughts.

So if you feel attacked, please note that I do not know you lol I don't know you, so how could I possibly be attacking you with my words here.

Well, that's all. I think I covered a little bit of being right and wrong, if not anything about it as all lol I at least said a few things.

Anyways, I'll be heading in soon. I've been reading this manga! I really love it.

More in my next entry~

Mon

P.S. Writing these are for my own enjoyment and release.