brilliant minds

There must be a reason for people to be so individual. I've been thinkin a lot about it tonight actually. I think there's something fascinating about people, and the amount of variety one can find in different personalities.

Children

The minds of children amaze me, and although i have had to grow up to a certain extent I am proud to admit that I will always have a child like side to me. I love how honest they are with everything and how they say things exactly how they see them. Obviously its a sign of imaturity but thats whats so damned brilliant about it. They just see the world as a big open book that they have to learn from and ask questions about constantly.

For example, when I was three years old, and in the supermarket with my mam, I saw a lady with only one leg. I couldn't help but stare, but I just didn't understand, so i skidded down the aisle on my knees, looked up the lady's skirt and asked, "excuse me, where have you put your other leg?" My mam was embarrassed but the lady happily told me that I had to learn to play safely on the roads, as she lost it in an accident with a car.

I learned a lot from it and everytime i cross a road still, I think of her, but that's how the human brain works isn't it. Collecting as much information as possible, like a sponge, and learning from it. I guess its how we evolve. In our bodies, our minds, and our intellect.

I love the way children play. It sounds nasty, but the way they bully and fight makes them stronger as adults entering the 'big bad world'. The way that they learn their talents from each other gives them something in common and makes it easier for them to socialise, but their genes, like being left handed or shy, can't be affected by their peers. Its so amazing how children thrive off each other but still have their own opinions and questions.

'Sheep'

When we become adults, we seem to lose that innocence that was so essential to us in our childhood years. We become too full of ourselves, that we don't think we need to ask questions anymore. Yet, at the same time, some of us lose a certain confidence we once had, and choose to follow the ones of us that have not lost that vital piece of our personalities. It gets so bad that people will sit and talk about the people they care about and put them down, to people that don't matter to them at all. What confuses me is that they know that this is the wrong thing to do, but they choose MORE friends over GOOD friends, and they need to learn that there is one hell of a difference. This type of mind is one that doesn't intrigue me in the slightest, because it is such a shallow, readable way to think. Probably why I have no particular interest in conversing with them.

Individuals

I have so much respect for people owning minds that will happily wander whichever way it pleases. They often attract a gruop of 'sheep', but that can't be helped. The pure comfort with being themselves is so clever that i have the most respect for this type of mind than any other. People who ask questions everyday until they die, people who aren't afraid to wear red with green when it's not Christmas, people who stand up for what they believe in, however strong their forfeit must be. To me, they are the sort of people i could talk to all day. Just finding out how they tick, with no influence from anyone else. I feel its one of two ways that one can access a pure mind in an adult.

'Clinically Insane'

No matter how much some of these people may scare the crap out of me, I still can't help but wonder whether they should just fit into the 'individual' bracket. Maybe they can't, but that's got to be simply for the fact that they have one disability, which is to train their minds to work with their souls. That sounds really lame i know, but think about it. The only difference is that they don't know the difference between right and wrong. Some do but just don't care, but that's not 'insane'.

'Animals'

The sort of minds that have no regard for any other living soul other than themselves. Cold blooded killers, rapists, drug dealers. There is no other way to describe these people other than as animals. Like wild creatures, they hunt for food and there own satisfaction. If this means taking away someone elses happiness, they feel it has to be done. I can only think that there is a fault in the conscience of these people, no guilt, no regrets or compassion. They seem to be the more primative cluster of the human race. Maybe it does run in their genes, maybe its a throw back. Who knows, but to be honest I don't think its something I'm quite prepared for yet.

Well, that was deep! Nice to put it into words though. Its been on my mind and I like to put it into order and share it with a few people. Three things;

1) Don't be a sheep.
2) Don't be an animal.
3) Yes, sheep are animals, no need to be arguementative!

Love you all, Goodnight.