Nearly Blind

For some reason, I always feel like starting my blogs out with, "What just crossed my mind was...". Well, not this time. Aha.

Have you ever noticed how fast-paced everything is? Everybody is running around, not actually paying attention to what's right in front of them, or listening to what people say.
I believe that everyone is basically living in their own world. Barely finding any time to actually think about the things that happen around them. Sudden deaths, abrupt incidents. Everything seems so catastrophic nowadays.
I saw this picture on tumblr today. This guy was holding a newspaper that was more or less blank, but had a couple of sentences on it. Here's what it said:

"Some country wants more power and money. Some country was bombed. Some man wants more power and money."
Spot-on! It's so true. The sad fact here is, though, that we're too busy to notice. We're just running around, trying so hard to get through the day. Loving every second we get to simply lie in bed.
I don't know..I just feel like we should pay attention to what's around us.

I mean, I'm pretty sure you know what's happening in the world, but do you really KNOW? I'm not even sure I do, I'm just 16 years old. I'm not some experienced old aged woman, but from what I've seen, we need to pay more attention.

A lot goes on. Most of it happens right in front of us. For example, when you see a homeless man, what comes to your head? I bet some of you are thinking, "Some broke ass dude who lost his job or never tried getting one. Spends his time drinking and picking up trash." Who knows, that might be the case. But sometimes, it's more than that. That homeless man is also a human being. He might have been mistreated, misunderstood, or just simply, he could have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. You never really know.

Us, as human beings, tend to take things at face value. We're almost inclined to believe everything we hear/see. We're sometimes not given a choice. Not really by society, but by our minds. We find it a lot easier to see things in black and white.

I have no idea why this came to me, but I just thought I'd share it..I know it seems kind of confusing, but what I'm trying to say is that, we should give ourselves a break from everything sometimes, and actually sit there and really think things through.