So today, I asked myself what topic I would chose to write about. Would it be a redundant misconstrued thought, or another ramble on the problems in the world? Possibly a reflection on my life, or me being more disappointed with the world than I already am? Though all extremely tempting, the consistent saddening blogs get tiring and very unnecessary, so today, I decided to break a little outside what I've been writing about in the recent posts.
Goodness.
What's that? Oh yes, that was a word with a positive definition. Although it's looked past quite often, because the human mind tends to always look past the positive and dwell on the negative, it's still there and very much alive. Lately, with the exception of the events in the past week (both in my personal life and in the world, example: Japan) I've been much more aware of the goodness around me, probably because it's been much more noticeable.
In the materialistic world the majority of us follow trends on a daily basis, and as we all know, trends get old and new ones come to replace the ones dying out. What separates our mind materialistically and emotionally? Nothing. Take a gloomy, rainy day for example, do you ever see people in bright colors (minus the yellow rain coats and eccentric rain boots)? Not really. It's because all sections of your mind are connected, materialistic, emotional, creative, etc. (I know these aren't the scientific terms, believe me, I'm trying to put it into easy to digest terminology!) So if we follow trends, such as in fashion, that means it's very much possible we follow trends in the way we behave. No, I'm no human scientist and great philosopher, I'm no anomaly. The exception, is that I pay attention. When greed is in someone, the people around them tend to be greedy as well. When cruelty is in someone, there peers feel it's equal to retaliate with cruelty. When someone is kind, a sane person could never have the heart to be mean to that person so they are kind in a return. We learn by example. When I think I like a celebrities outfit, I try to recreate it. When I like the way someone acts, I try to follow in their footsteps. It's the treat others the way you want to be treated mentality. Even back 2,000 years ago, they understood this. When someone does something it's reflected on the person they're doing it to, whom can very well do the same to someone else.
We rarely stop and consider what effect our actions could have and the ripple effect they cause. We are like-minded beings, that is something that will never change. We're all unique and yet so similar. We learn from each other, because we're all we have. (And I'm pretty sure we don't want to be learning from animals) Children learn from adults and other children and adults learn from other adults and children. It's a complete circle and circles never end. 360 degrees of the same shape, just curving throughout the path. We're 360 degrees of the same thoughts and action, some of us just curve them along the way.
We need each other more then we ever have, facing difficult times with a draining economy, loss of hope, and forgetfulness of what helps to keep us sane enough to focus but insane enough to smile. Of course, there will always be those who are ignorant and against change, because in history they're always have been those people, but if you recall, it's a trend. When enough people join together and set the right example, those who are still residing in their heartless ways will feel out of the loop, and no one likes to be left out. If we all can just be nice, be considerate, helpful, and/or compassionate at least once a day and put the needs of others before our own, imagine just how much better daily life would be. FOR ALL OF US! I'm not asking to change, because that would be completely illogical. I'm suggesting that we should add on, add goodness on to our day-to-day lives. Be a trendsetter! Others will be sure to follow, trust me on this one. We all need hope and in the toughest of times, hope is all we need. If you can remember to brush your teeth, believe me, you can remember to do something that could better someone else. We have so many resources to do it with as well, facebook, twitter, youtube, as well as in person, it's not that farfetched!
*Most billionaires got their fortunes from absolutely nothing. We can get what we need from absolutely nothing as well. It takes time, but the top isn't that far from the bottom, please start climbing with me!
To the best of trends,
Isabelle:)
PS- This idea was sparked by two people whom I wish all the best to. Do I know these people not at all. Random acts of kindness is what they performed and are both the top trendsetters in my mind right now. One is a woman who watched my friends candy get stuck in the candy machine after they put their money in. They were about to walk away after banging against the machine when she gave them a dollar. When they put it in, their candy fell out along with he one right behind it. She, then went to put a dollar in and get her candy of choice and two fell out for her. (Treat others how you want to be treated, guess He wasn't lying right?)
Two is a man who watched another two of my friends sit down with no food after a long day. We had no plans of going out to get late lunch, so my friends and I scraped change and dollar bills from the bottom of our bags. We had enough to buy two drinks and two slices of pizza. It definitely was not filling enough. On the way out, the man hands us another slice of pizza, saying "heard you couldn't find your money." He gave us one of the brightest smiles as we grinned largely back as he walked out of the pizzeria into blinding sunlight.
If they could effect me that much by those small acts of kindness, just imagine!
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