Philosophy

I seemed to have several conversations today that were deep and philosophical. That's not really out of the ordinary for me, considering that my brain kind of goes there on it's own anyway, but today I had more than usual.

With Leslie, Pat, and my mom we talked about how weird and funny it would be to name a pet a noise. Just a noise. Just to call your dog, for instance, loudly by some noise.  It then got us on the subject of names, and how weird those are in general. When I say "we" I mean mostly me, because that always blows my mind. I am identified by several letters that just make a noise. Whaaaaaa?

I then talked with Alyssa, Macee, and Eric over dessert about everything under the sun. We talked about the idea of "White Privilege" and "White Guilt". We talked about the homeless and education. We talked about sexual abuse... We talked about anything you could think of.

My conclusion from these sorta of things is that there is so much to the world. And there are so many people in the world. Options and ideas are not so black and white. And that's what is beautiful about it. We all need to make a conscious effort to not see the world with color blind eyes, but with open eyes and an open heart. However, when it comes to saying you're "color blind" when referring to not seeing a difference between black and white individuals - keep on keepin' on. But have a colorful heart. And embrace colorful people. Ideals. Opinions.

Live an open life.