Faith; postsecret

"Take some time to stop and smell the roses." How often do people actually follow this advice? As humans have evolved and as technology has changed our lives, people have become less interested in many aspects of life. Nature...relaxation...thinking...spending time with others... Often, the majority of human lives are spent entering dates and important meetings into the newest Blackberry phones or into our iCalendars in the newest MacBook's. As time goes on, people become more and more interested in their own lives, and less interested in caring about others. Why should we care? Don't we already have enough on our plates with school, work, family, going out, eating right, etc. etc.? So what about when we do take the time to stop and acknowledge the feelings, dreams, and hopes of others? Whether its friends or strangers... it often means a lot when you take time out of your day to think about someone other than yourself. Although we are all guilty of being self-indulged and self-involved we should probably look at this picture everyday. Someone felt better knowing that people were taking time out of their day to see how others felt.... what they were thinking... just simply what was on their minds. Caring for others often means more than we realize. A simple thing that we learned in kindergarten is seemingly forgotten in the modern world full of the newest designer clothes, new electronics, and an enormous amount of diet books (do these even ever really work?) The point is... take the time to stop and smell the roses... enjoy life for a minute, and ask someone how their day is going (but do this meaningfully). If this advice still doesn't get through to you, I recommend Baz Luhrmann's "Everyone is Free to Wear Sunscreen." It's all about the benefits of enjoying the brighter sides of life... something that everyone should do.

So what's my secret? Maybe I am guilty of forgetting about others and worrying too much about grades, my own problems, and many other things. But simple acknowledgments of others will now certainly mean much more than before.

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