Imagine. You just moved
house and you walk down the street in front of your new place. There are some
houses that you get past during your little exploration. You see a swing set in
the yard of one house. You think to yourself that there might be a family with
kids living there. As you walk on an elderly couple crosses your path and you
smile at them politely. But be careful, there is a women approaching fast. Her
dog is pulling her forwards. Finally you arrive at the end of the street, where
you see an old mansion that has already started to look a little rotten. Whilst
you followed the main street, you missed taking one of the small pavements
leaving to big apartment houses a little farther away. You see them from a
distance, but you can't imagine how many turns the street might take until you
get there.
Now back to today. Five
years later you call this place your home. You know that the swing set belongs
to the gay couple living there. They've just never took the time to get rid of
it. The women that basically ran towards you, is blind. Her dog is supposed to
help her, but back than it was very young and not yet as well trained as it is
today. Sadly the elderly couple doesn't excist in this form anymore. He died
two years ago and she is now in a nursing home. You really liked them because
they always seemed so happy, even after being married for nearly fifty years.
Sometimes they've told you stories from their life and you sat on their porch
for hours in a row. The old mansion once was a place were homeless could find a
save place for the night, but they run out of money and had to give it up.
Three years ago the government destroyed it and now they are planning more apartment
houses. Finally the houses you saw from afar? Your best friend lives there. You
walk the streets nearly every day and you could almost walk it blind. It's like
a second home for you that you got to love over the time.
So of course all of these
things where imaginative, but I wanted to get across a point. It's okay to make
assumptions over something, but be open to let them go. Try to remember a place
or a person before you really knew them, when they were still exciting and new.
Think of the shell you saw, not the things that lie behind. We live in a world
where we judge things by only seeing. If we stick around though we forget what
we saw and start to see with our hearts. I think both are important. Sometimes
it is important to take a step back and look at what was our original thought,
what inspired us. Don't give up on something just because it hasn't lived up to
your expectations. If it isn't worthwhile, try to make it. Maybe all you need
is another point of view. Don't judge a book by its cover, but never lose track
of the whole picture either. Just remember to remember.
So now I'm off for some
adventures. See you in about two weeks or so :D
Cheerio.
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