It puzzles me how people can move about day to day without a clear
direction or understanding of their lives. The society we live in would rather
we all become a band of walking zombies so that our actions can be easily
influenced by those who know better. When you can influence and control a
person’s thoughts; the battle is already won. I have conducted my own independent
study of discovering the answer of “why” people do what they do, say what they
say or believe what they believe. And although I wasn’t surprised that most
people don’t really have a good explanation, I was very shocked at the anger I
received once I continued to ask the simple question of why. People seem to get
upset when they are asked to validate their claims. I find that most people are
really upset with themselves when they “hear” the answer they give. I asked a
close friend why she was a Baptist and not Methodist, Catholic, Agnostic or followed
Judaism, and the best answer she could give was, “my mama & grandma raised
me in a Baptist Church, so that is why”. And I asked her using that exact theory
she provided, if a person grows up and smokes crack because their mother and
grandmother did, is that okay? She immediately got offensive and said we are
talking about God not craziness! I had to calm her down and tell her that I was
only testing the theory and the reasoning. If she could base her religious
beliefs on that of her ancestors and what she was taught, why couldn’t a crack
addict do the same? That is something that makes me go hmmm….start asking
yourself why you follow the paths you do people.
The past few weeks during the NBA playoffs, I have read tweets,
Facebook statuses and overheard many conversations about who is going to take
it all and who is going to be the MVP, etc. I overheard one guy say that he
wants Lebron to get a ring, as if he knows Lebron or that Lebron needs a ring
to continue living. So I asked him why he wanted to see that? And he said, “because
Bron Bron is my dude! He needs to make Cleveland fans mad!” So I asked him what
his son would be doing this Summer when school gets out? He said, “I don’t
know, his mama handles all that.” So I said, well what would you like to see
him do? Have you asked him? He begins to get agitated and told me to “go on
somewhere with all that”. I told him that I wasn’t questioning his fatherhood
or involvement (of lack thereof) in his son’s life, I just wanted to know why
he would want to see a grown man, one he doesn’t know personally accomplish a
short term goal, but can’t tell me what he wants to see his son be involved in
this summer. He remained very defensive and said that he provides his son with
everything he needs and that he knows his dad loves him and that I needed to
“stay in my lane”. So I said, well if that’s the case, it’s Erik Spoelstra’s job to guide the Heat to a championship and that he
needs to stay in his lane and just be a fan of the sport. He didn’t like that
last comment I made, so I moved right along.
It fascinates me that people will much rather follow
the masses when it comes to their own thought process. People do so many things
based on what others have done and what others may think without thinking for
themselves. We need to sit and critically think about why we do the things we
do….OFTEN! Are you a creature of habit? If so, why? Do you like surprises? If
not, why? I never intend to make people angry when I seek to help them reach a
higher level of consciousness, I am just passionate about people KNOWING
themselves and having their independent thought process as undiluted as
possible.
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