A Little Ramble About Life And The Beauty Of It All

     So I had a nice little conversation with someone recently that got me thinking about our society. It all started out with talking about how our society as a whole is so obsessed with looking "pretty" or "handsome" with absolutely no regard to keeping special individual qualities that define someone as who they are. This got me thinking of people I know that exemplify this through their day to day. They go through life trying to "fit in" Like there is this ultimate goal that they are trying to reach. But in the end there is literally no goal. Our society as a whole is so obsessed with appearance. Whether that be fashion, cars, your house, your yard, your children, heck anything! We as a society have decided that your first impression of a person is influenced more by a persons looks than say, their mannerisms or their qualities. You can have someone who fits a certain job perfectly. But, if they go to a job interview in jeans and a t-shirt or something that might not be seen as "the standard" they can be completely taken out of consideration for the job before more than a couple sentences are spoken. In my eyes that's ridiculous. People should aspire to be their best and everyone wants to look their best. But sometimes it's more important to be yourself than what others want you to be. 
     Our society is based on a standard: You should get an education. Get a nice paying job and go through the motions for the rest of your life. But what about adventure? What about your passions, ideas and dreams? To break the standard is frowned upon. A lot of people realize all these things and wish it wasn't like this. But they still follow the code, the same old same old. When in reality you and I set the standard. The standard is to not take any risks, to never live life on the edge, to stay in your comfort zone, and to not pursue your passion if it's "outrageous" But our passions aren't outrageous. It's who we are, and we are not outrageous. Everyone is extraordinary. Somehow we've all fooled ourselves in to thinking we are "normal" and I say that very sarcastically. Because if you ask me, no one is normal. Everyone is different and everyone is their own person. Another "normal thing is to be afraid to fail. Nowadays a kid at the age of 5 years old is already scared to take any sort of risks. We can't be afraid of failure like we are taught to be. We are going to fail. But no success story is complete without a good comeback story.
     I know this is very rambly but this is my thought process. We've become so comfortable with everything around us. We are so discontent with amazing blessings that's been given to us. It's like we are watching a beautiful sunset dip below the horizon but at the same time we are pointing out every flaw and imperfection in the hue. When we should just be thankful for the beauty in the first place. And to me that's a really good takeaway for life in general. Why point out all the wrong in something when your lucky to have it in the first place. We all complain and we can all be negative. But think about how much more enjoyable all our lives could be if we just stopped and thought about how immensely lucky we are to be alive. That's why I love nature so much. Every time I'm out in the woods or just in my backyard I have a small little moment of reflection. Just because it's what I find beautiful and it humbles me. The pure awe of it all almost forces me to reflect. What you find beautiful may be completely different. But whatever it may be, you probably find it easy to get lost in it. While you are lost in the beauty of life, just take a small moment to reflect on you and I's lucky little shot at life. And maybe, just maybe we will figure out how to see the beauty in all that we do and maybe we can find the beauty within ourselves. If we can accomplish that. We can accomplish anything.

     I don't know, I just had this all on my mind and I just wanted to write it all down. I hope I haven't bored you. If you made it this far than I applaud you. I know this has been quite scatterbrained and such but I guess that's just how I think. I wish I could muster myself to write one of these more often but I've had some major Writers Block lately. That's all I have for now. My brain has been churning away so be on the lookout for another one of these soon. Hopefully sooner than two months from now(;

-Willis