Dec 10, 2003 23:50
I'm struggling to understand people again. Why we thrive on drama so much and are dependant on so many things emotionally. By no means is this a criticism in any sense. More like me making an observation in a robotic view. I could elaborate on those two but what I'm actually more interested in is problems.
Problems are an amazing thing to me because they are an interactive dilemma which shows how us as people are different. For example, off the top of my head, mid afternoon a car has run out of gas and stopped on an busy road, one persons initial reaction may be to panic, another persons initial reaction would be to find a solution. This is just a simple scenario to show how human thought plays a part in how we deal with things. But, what I'm wondering is what it takes for the individual to panic. Had the situation been different, would the second person have panicked too? What would it take? Lets say the car stopped at night, lets also say the road was derelict leaving the person alone miles from civilization in unfamiliar surroundings,the cell phone battery has died. Has this person started to panic yet or are they still calm, collective and thinking about their solution? At what point would you start to panic?
Now logic tells me that no matter what the situation given is, the best thing to do is to come up with a solution to your problem, and this works in any case, whether it be a car out of gas, paying a bill when you're broke or even choosing the best gift for a loved one. But still, there's always a point where we don't look for the solution. Why?
I'm not saying I'm any different, many a time a problem has entered my life and I've chosen not to deal with it, I guess trying to understand the decisions of others will help me understand my own. But then again.... we are all human..... and we are all different.