11 July 2012
There are so many people in this world. 6741341066 to be persist.
Over 6 billion people - most of which we will never met people who will be nothing more then a passing blur of colour as we hurry about our day to day life. But that figure is really something to think about. There are 6 billion people in the world. Some good. Some bad. Every single one different and unique. Special in there own way.
But even though there are all these amazing people out there most of us will only met a small number and will let an even smaller number into our lives. Considering as a species there are so many of us, we are incredibly closed off to people we don’t know.
But why?
Why do we not open ourselves up too new people and news things and welcome it with open arms? What are we afraid of?
I suppose there is always the worry that by letting someone in, who we don’t know, we will get hurt. But at the same time isn’t that half of the fun? The danger of not knowing much about someone and just letting events take there course? And from experience I think it’s much better to get hurt or let down by someone you don’t know very well as you will be less disappointed. The pain you experience when someone who you trusted and even loved hurts you, is one of the worse pains I have experienced.
So could that be the answer, and even if it is, should we let our fear stop us?
That man you ignore every morning on the train could turn out to be the love of your life, but if you’re too scared to even smile at him how will you ever know?
The women who serves you your latte every morning in Starbucks could actually turn out to be one of the funniest people you will ever met but if you never say anything more then “thanks” to her, she’ll never get the change to make you laugh.
When did we all become so scared of each other?
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