Eight, Nine, TEM

Each day we wake up, we get out of bed and we exist. Most of the time, we just go through the day and are never really alive. We just react to stimuli, nothing more. Most of the world is like that. Very few people really ever wake up and look around them. It is so much easier to just sleep walk. Probably this is a very well developed survival technique. Thousands of years of human psychological evolution has taught us to keep our heads down, don’t make eye contact, stay part of the herd. And yes we are basically herd animals. Those that stick out, those that break from the herd, those that are noticed are the ones who are often brought down first. This is not a bad thing, it just is.

But that is the great lie we all live, that is it better to be part of the crowd, that it is safer to have an us and them attitude. That if we put others down we somehow are raised up ourselves. The world has been seduced by evil, to think that being good, being nice, being ourselves is a weakness and something wrong. Acting how we really should, being good, accepting of others, no matter who or what they are, these things are rewards in and of themselves. Why do we feel the need to look down on others? Why is it that we have to use the worse stereotypes when judging another person? There are good ways to stereotype, and good ways to deal with those thoughts. We can judge in a good way, we can see the best in people, and thus in ourselves. Do we have to get up and look in the mirror and see such a horrible visage of our own that we need to crush others?

When was it that we decided that the best way to live life is by hating others? When did we decide that instead of working for the society that our elected leaders should just say no to everything? When was it voted on that by being mean to others we get ahead?

Please stop hitting the snooze button and wake up everyone. Look around you, see others and give a compliment. Tell someone they look nice, say thank you, its not that freakin hard. It is always said that in Western culture that we admire and hold up the individual, that is true, but to really do that we need to start to see that we are all the same. That only being seeing the same can we realize each is different.

This is what the Third Eye Monocle is all about, changing how we see the world. Stop letting ourselves be blind and really see it. You will not like some of the things you see, but you will like and see a lot more good than you ever thought possible. People are amazing, they are funny, smart, they will surprise you. The world it self is incredible, leaves, sunsets, the sky, water, dirt, everything is amazing. Wake up and look around, see it. Stop just surviving, stick out and get eaten by some lions.... wait that last part might suck. But what the heck, might be fun too... LOL

We need to change how we see the world, we need to fit those TEMS on and we need to change how we treat each other. We don’t need to be an ass to the waiter who takes our order, be nice and say hi to them, thank them. Talk to them if they need to talk. If you see someone who is hurting, help, step in and get involved. Take that chance, get rejected it will only hurt. Say hi to someone on Facebook you don’t know. Laugh at a movie, smile at people, get a red clowns nose and wear it while you walk down a street.

I know its going to be hard to change everything all at once, so don’t try to do it all. Just change one thing today. Smile a little more, say hi to one more person I don’t care, just do something. Make the world a little better than you left it. There are almost 7 Billion people in the world, think about what kind of changes can be done with just a little effort. Think about if every one of those Seven Billion wished I had a frosty what that could do. Just for one moment it could be like Eight Mile Frosty....

So, go and tell your mom you love her, hug someone you love, and tell someone you like their shirt. Just walk up to someone who looks like they need it and tell them something nice. Its not hard and to be honest, it is a selfish thing also, cause you will feel better by being better. So its a win win situation. Let go of the stupid Zero Sum Game Theory, there doesn’t have to be a winner or a loser anymore. Lets all get back to where everything and everyone wins.

Nothing in this life is static, it has to be renewed each and every day. Love, friendships, marriage, hatred, loathing all those things have to be actively renewed each day, we have the choice to decide what it will be. Thats the great gift we have, we can change things. That is what the idea of free will is about. You can change your mind, just because you said something or thought something once doesn’t mean its how you want things now.

Free will... its a bitch. But its what we have to deal with, its the great gift and curse. Much like Carrot Top, you know he isn’t funny, but you still laugh...