Stop think, just relax
As we know, only 5 percent of all people do something highly important for the whole humanity. Only those people discover the world, create new machines and etc. How do you think, what is the different between other people and those small group of smart people?
You are completely right if you just thought about goals. They have goals and they always do somethings to come a bit closer to this goal.
And others people? Do we all have goals? Maybe yes, or no, who knows. But everyone should have a dream. If you haven't got a dream, you have no reason to wake up every day and live.
I looked around and noticed that too many people just live without any contemplations about their future. Adults and children, my classmates and unknown to me people. No dreams, no worry, no goals, no future.
Yes, I'm idealist, I hope people could change themselves and our world. But now I realize that without thinking we'll never change.
What is wrong with us? Or it's something wrong with me, that I think about it?
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Hi Gleb, I really enjoyed reading your notes and could not help but feel inspired with what you had to say. I totally agree with you and have been on both sides of the spectrum. I think people tend to get comfortable and lose sight of what is important. It struck a nerve when you mentioned people having goals. I think goals are very important to have and keeping sight of your goal can motivate you to do the unthinkable. I also agree with Doraemon and believe that change starts with ourselves, and we can make a great impact on the world by setting an example for others to aspire to. Thanks for making me think outside of the box.
Stop think, just relax
As we know, only 5 percent of all people do something highly important for the humanity as a whole. Only these people discover the world, create new machines, etc. What do you think is the difference between other people and this small group of intellectuals?
You are completely right if you just thought about goals. They have goals and they always do something to come a bit closer to this goal.
And other people? Do we all have goals? Maybe yes, or no, who knows. But everyone should have a dream. If you haven't got a dream, you have no reason to wake up every day and live.
I look around and notice that too many people just live without any contemplations about their future. Adults and children, my classmates and unknown people to me. No dreams, no worry, no goals, no future.
Yes, I am an idealist, I hope people could change themselves and our world. But now I realize that without thinking we will never change.
What is wrong with us? Or is there something wrong with me?
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Of course Gleb. I think spreading positivity into the universe is a good start to improve the world. And I agree with Chris also. There are many people that are very successful and have created their own empire at the expense of others. Also, I have to agree with him when he said "at some point the world crushed their spirit and they gave up". This is very sad but I see this everyday. I think this is partially what you were writing about in your initial post. I'm sure many people did have dreams and goals but the world can be a a very unforgiving place. I think some people are not just too comfortable, but maybe they've been hurt, maybe they haven't had opportunities that others have had, or maybe they really are doing the best that they can with what is available to them. We really can't say unless we've walked in their shoes. Are these excuses? Maybe for some people they can be. Yet, maybe if we make positive examples out of ourselves something will click with these people and they will want to be better. Maybe they will say I'm tired of being hurt, I'm going to make some opportunities for myself, or I'm going to try harder. We have to have faith that people can change even when they don't have faith in themselves.
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Yeah, you're right, we all have only one way: improve ourselves and be an example for other people. So I should have more faith in people, that they can be better one day.
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I think evil "geniuses" can be a lot worse than people without goals. At least, people without goals can be fun to drink a beer with. But yeah, a lot of people don't contribute much to the world, but it seems more complicated than they just don't have goals. They probably had dreams when they were younger or still do, but at some point the world crushed their spirit and they gave up completely on life or just settled for something more secure than a dream.
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I agree with you when you say we cannot change anyone. I think a person cannot change unless they want to change for themselves. I also think that if we want to change the future for the better it starts with an optimistic outlook and how we can improve ourselves. Like you said in your earlier post everyone should have a goal and a need to fulfill that goal. I agree that everyone should have a goal but I also think showing compassion and faith in the future generation is important too. There are a few "great" people to change humanity in the world today that are noticed, but I think there are also people that do great things everyday that go unnoticed. I guess it depends on what your definition of great means. I think if every person was conscious of their own actions and decided everyday to live as the best person they can possibly be and made changes each day to improve themselves, that would ultimately make the world a better place. We cannot change others but we can set an example and set the bar for others to live up to.
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