I often like to separate my mind into certain sections. My 'school' section tends to be on the right, my 'extracurricular' is usually on the left, the 'knowledge of good and evil' is in the front, 'imagination' is in the back, and everything else is squeezed in there somewhere. Now, let's pretend that within these sections there are offices, and within these offices there are filing cabinets, and within those there are--yes--files. Now if each thought that I--or for that matter, anyone--had counted for a file, I think we can agree that there would be a copious amount of files.
Get it? Good. Moving on.
Now, somewhere in one of those nameless sections, deep in a filing cabinet, pushed all the way in the back of the drawer, is a file called "The World Revolves Around Me." Everyone has this file tucked away somewhere, and if you don't believe me, keep reading. And if you do believe me, you keep reading too.
Actually, stop. See if you fit the following criteria:
- if you were a character in a book or movie, you would be the main character, and your friends would be the side characters.
- when you think about possible outcomes to situations, you think mostly about the one that will benefit you--even if it benefits others, it probably benefits you somehow.
Point is, people think about themselves a lot. Something interesting is that other people also think about themselves a lot. Basically, everyone is the main character to their own story, and their friends are the side characters--when in fact those side characters have their own story.
This can be weird from your point of view, because if you look back at the way you view the world, did you ever think about the fact that there is someone else in Siberia who has sibling problems too? Also has a crush on their friend? Also hates their boss? (Wait, don't use that one, a lot of people hate their bosses.) Did you ever consider the world? The people? The lives? The lies? The love? Everything? Have you ever considered what the end of the universe looks like? Do you ever wonder if there is an end to the universe? Have you ever thought about tomorrow looking like another day on the calender to one person, but looking like a black void of opportunity and wonder to someone else? Have you ever wondered why we wonder these things?
Just something to think about.