5 January 2012

There's something so peaceful about watching the sun set. Seeing the colors fade from bright blue, to shades of red, yellow, orange, and green. Then back to blue, changing into a grayish pink, finally fading into dark blue and black...it's so smooth and happens all too fast. Peaceful things in life don't start off as beautiful, flowing, or calm though, as this does. You have to be able to understand the situation before there is a peacefulness to it.
Group projects and discussions are always difficult. People naturally push and shove, fight to get their way and their opinions across to others, as well as wanting to organize it all the way that they want it. Not everyone can have their way and some people have a hard time accepting that. I always am trying to find the happy-medium to it all. Sometimes it's hard to find, while other times it's an easy fix. In all situations though, I believe that there's always a way to compromise and find peace. I just hope that someday, this can be achieved on a bigger scale than only between 4 people in a classroom.

Telling people what to do is hard, but listening to them is a hundred times easier. I think that if more people in this world would step out of their own circle and listen to one another...compromise on ideas, that we'd be a much more cohesive and happier world than we are today. So many people in the world today are unhappy...why? Because no one is listening to them. I believe that if you take time to sit and listen to someone like you sit and watch the sun set every night, that peace and understanding will be achieved much easier than having an intense discussion about who should be right. Maybe then people will start to realize that we can all be a little more relaxed with peace through understanding.