The sum of my experiences.
Everyone is the product of the experiences they have had in life. Looking back on the things that have shaped who I am, I realize that the tragedies have had far more impact on my personality than the positive experiences have.
I wonder if all the shallow, self absorbed idiots that I run into every day are just people who have never been shaped by negative experiences. If you have never faced starvation, you don't worry as much about where your food comes from. If you have never felt loneliness, you don't appreciate the gift of simple human contact. If you've never been mugged, beaten, or raped, you don't fear in the same way. If you've never grieved, you don't cling to the living quite as tightly.
I wonder if the people I don't understand, the ones without substance, those giggling girls who care only about their hair, makeup, and which rich man they're going to marry, would be people I could understand if their lives went to shit. If I had never had tragedies or hardship, would I be a superficial, feather headed moron? Would I have been happier as a moron?
I wonder if all the shallow, self absorbed idiots that I run into every day are just people who have never been shaped by negative experiences. If you have never faced starvation, you don't worry as much about where your food comes from. If you have never felt loneliness, you don't appreciate the gift of simple human contact. If you've never been mugged, beaten, or raped, you don't fear in the same way. If you've never grieved, you don't cling to the living quite as tightly.
I wonder if the people I don't understand, the ones without substance, those giggling girls who care only about their hair, makeup, and which rich man they're going to marry, would be people I could understand if their lives went to shit. If I had never had tragedies or hardship, would I be a superficial, feather headed moron? Would I have been happier as a moron?
posted by E at
5:12 PM
4 Comments:
Which is it? Are you the sum of your experiences or the product? Or are you one of the rare cases where they are equal?
Oh, and it would definitely be better to be a moron... or full on retarded. Yeah, retarded would be better, definitely, definitely.
If I am the product of my experiences, then my perceptions are the sum of my experiences. My dreams are the difference between the two.
This is too much. There is way too much math terminology for me not to chime in. I wonder now where in the quantification of your being lies the quotient? Is there a derivative? What is the hyperbolic arccosecant? Help me. I can't seem to stop... I need to find a way to work "dodecahedron" into this comment. Does the previous sentence count?
You arnt the only one that has wondered those questions E. I myself have pondered the exact same things. I realized a few years ago that the reason I am the way I am, from the bitchy outbursts to the tender mommy moments is mostly derived from the "bad" experiences in my life.
Ive also wondered the same exact thing about the giggling girls who care nothing for anyone and are absorbed in frivilous things, such as their hair. I wonder if anything has ever touched them to the core, if they have ever had to sacrifice anything for the greater good. Something tells me to doubt it though.
I couldnt fathom someone going through even half the experiences I myself have had, and still be that much of an air head.
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