Have you ever noticed?
Have you ever noticed how drawn back some people are? Sure, they’ll go crazy when no one can see them, but they get really quiet when someone besides their friends are watching. They’re almost always look uncomfortable. They look like they hate themselves. Or they might just look really, really shy. It takes something really big like a new friend, or simple like someone talking to them, but sometimes something happens that makes them open up, if only for a minute.
Have you ever noticed how you can be thinking of one thing and then realize you’re thinking about something completely different? You could be thinking of basketball. Then you could think of basketball tryouts. Then you could realize your legs are sore from all the running and jumping and wall sits and more running and more jumping and more wall sits and then more running. Then you could start thinking about abuse, because your legs are abused. Then you could end up thinking about the abused: animals, poverty, victims of family abuse. Then you could feel sad. Then you could realize you were just thinking about basketball a minute ago…
Have you ever noticed how much some people judge others? If you get good grades, you’re a nerd. If you wear designer clothes, you’re a prep. If you wear a lot of black, you’re emo or goth. None of that’s true. Stereotyping doesn’t work because no one fits into just one stereotype. You might see someone that could fit in any category at the same time, and they could change your mind in a second. Or not. But that’s your problem, not theirs. How a person looks on the outside has almost nothing to do with what they’re like on the inside. That kid you thought was a troublemaker might be an honor student. The girl who sits next to you in choir might hate singing. You never know.
Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of things people don’t notice? I bet you haven’t even noticed that none of these paragraphs have anything to do with each other. Maybe you have, though, I don’t know. Maybe you haven’t noticed that this post is almost over. Well, you should. Because it is.
January 23rd, 2007 at 2:38 pm
I think that people are drawn back too because of the things they think or do. You are right.
February 20th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
This is a really goood post. I never sa down and thought about all those things that people really do not notice. All the time I think of something then like 5 minutes later I am thinking of something else. Your stereotyping part is totally right. There so many things we do as people that go unnoticed. Good job.