The Real World

by Vladimir Rodriguez

I always think about life, the world and everything in it, the same way you do, or at least some of you.  And I came to one realization.  I figured out what the world is about. All this time it was under my nose and I never knew it.  Now you can lie to me, or yourself, and say "yeah I knew that" but that is bullshit  you didn't know crap because you would have had related the message, but anyway enough about you lets get to the subject.  This is how it works, or at least the process I have been thinking about.  Everyone lives on earth but everyone is in their world, ok this is the obvious, but what we tend to forget is what makes up our world. When I say "our" I mean it as our individual world.  So what basically makes up our world is our friends, families and loved ones.  That is it.  It sounds pretty simple and stupid but I find it quite appalling and intriguing that my world is made possible by someone else.  If you always see your mother, or husband, or kids, that is basically your world, other people are your world.  Many times these people dominate your emotions which can lead to you making decisions.  Some worlds become so routine that people eventually end up unhappy which leads to many negative conclusions.  For instance, working in a job over 40 hours a week, your world is pretty much, yeah you guessed it, co-workers.  Other people live by always being around strangers, and sometimes deep inside being unhappy because their world has no intimate relationships, in other words, their world is temporary. 

Now I have only stated the obvious but their is plenty more like TV and internet which can take hours of your time without realizing it and next thing you know that is your world, a virtual one.  So to sum it up, your life is basically the people and things you surround yourself with, which leads to a daring question.  What does this mean if you are unhappy or depressed?  Is this you? is this your fault for feeling this way? or is it the people around you? or the people in your past?Does this give you the right to blame your unhappiness on someone else? Obviously there maybe other things that you are unhappy about, such as bad life choices and circumstances. But overall if the people you choose to be around are not making your personal world better then maybe you are in the company of the wrong crowd, if this philosophy is right. Let this simmer down in your mind, give it some thought and let me know your opinion.

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