Friday, January 30, 2004

People are strange.

One day they think one thing, the next, another. At least you think they do. But you never actually know what someone thinks, do you? It's all guesswork, based on what they tell you and to a certain extent what their body language looks like. And it would appear, at least from this perspective that we are designed never to be able to actually know for sure what another person thinks, to attain the ideal of perfect understanding.

So I wish I could somehow do an 'in head' survey of everyone just to see what they really think and how they really feel, to actually be them for a short while and see if things are really as I imagine them to be. Climb into someone else's thoughts and just let them flow around me, through me for a few moments in order for things to be clear.

Only we spend such a lot of time in this life trying to work out how other people feel, trying to make sense of what they say and apply it to ourselves when really it would be so much simpler and more efficient to do it my way. Then all the time wasted on wondering could be used constructively elsewhere and no-one would ever need to feel worried or concerned about another person's feelings, because all it would take would be a quick visit, a quick 'feel' of their thoughts and everything would be alright.

That's what I think anyway. And it really is what I think. I'm not just telling you that.

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