"I can't believe that we would lie in our graves, wondering if we had spent our living days well. I can't believe that we would lie in our graves, dreaming of things that we might have been"
Tranquility, peace, love, harmony... stated hopes, dreams, and aspirations of many in this world. When one secludes themselves away from the different cultures and people of human kind, these might be easily achieved goals. When you don't let other people's lifestyles interact and invade your own, it's easy to live a perfectly peaceful and tranquil lifestyle... but wouldn't you always wonder what might have been had you exposed yourself to the chaotic world around you? What if you challenged you're own world, you're own sense of security? No matter which side of the line you are on, the majority or the minority, what if you sat and thought for a second that maybe, just maybe, you don't know what the other side is really thinking?
Judging people is easy. To take something that someone says, or how someone acts, and spin it to easily fit them into a category within your own world of definitions is one of the most convenient things we as humans can do, it's also one of the most self-destructing habits I see in life. I catch myself doing this from time to time, and work everyday to take each person into my life as their own separate unique definition.
To truly open your mind up to the fact that you know very little about this world, and the people in it, is a difficult task, but it is a task worth taking head on. Even though cultures collide, personalities clash, and people will always be crazy, it's the fact that we are all so different and unique that makes the journey so fulfilling.
What a boring life it must be to never have to challenge your own thoughts, to never meet someone that defies all your perceived ways of thinking, to never really take the risk of putting yourself in a situation where you aren't in control and have to rebuild your perceptions of people and your surroundings from the ground up.
The days of lying in my grave are well behind me, and I welcome all the crazy and chaotic moments that come with it... I think.
