Although I missed class on monday, I was fortunate enough to have a class mate fill me in the the fascinating details of the 50 minute period was absent from. The levels of who a person really is... This is a subject that i have been dealing with in a very real way for the past few weeks. Not only in self-reflection but in general, about other people I am very close with. And there is always the basic question, what makes people do the things they do? Why do people act against their own beliefs for something they want? Why do people settle for anything less than God's plan for their life?
I am a religious people watcher. It's one of my past-times, hobbies and passions. Whether they are walking to class, air-drumming in their car or simply sitting quietly, I'm always interested to know how they got there. Like in the TV show, when they start at the end of the episode and then they go back 13 hours to before the incident happened. I think that people are a lot like the earth, as Professor Corrigan argues. They are easy to pollute and death is inevitable. People are much more complex than a single celled organism, they have feelings, hopes and desires. When I see a woman crying on the side of the street or an old man at a bus stop i often wonder what choices they made along the way to walk them into the places and situations. I wonder about what they believe, and how they live that out.
People watching is a lot like reading a good book. Every person will see each character differently. And no one but the author (God) will truly see the character (humans) as were were created to look, feel and be. Which is why I believe that it is important to ask God to let us see people through his eyes and no longer through our narrow scope of thinking. People are multi-layered organisms that we are called to love. So maybe our reading and study of literature is a way of creating the skills to really explore people, and to more fully put ourselves in others shoes in order to fulfill our God given calling.
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loved your analogy...and basically the whole second paragraph...very true..people are like the earth!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great quote, "People watching is a lot like reading a good book. Every person will see each character differently. And no one but the author (God) will truly see the character (humans) as were were created to look, feel and be." That is very true. We should always try our best to see every member of humanity as Imago Dei, made in the image of God.
ReplyDeleteI people watch to, maybe not as much as you do, but i often wonder how people got to the place where they are as well. The always wondering and never knowing is such an intrigue concept that will probably always circulate my life until I simply sit down with someone and talk to them about themselves. It is amazing the things you find out when you are just open with a person. Great Blog
ReplyDeleteI think we all do that it is a human trait.
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