compassion and being human

this is far from an interiors post but something i would like to babble on about, so i ask that you humour me for the sake of humouring me.

in the last year or so, i've spent a ton of time thinking about humanity and each of us as individuals living day to day and experiencing similar emotions and insecurities.  i feel as though i've moved away from being self-absorbed and have started thinking more about the people in which i interact and their reactions and emotions to each situation in question.  i'm not saying that as you talk to me, i'm analyzing you, because i'm not.  but i've noticed that i tend to think about situations, hours, days, sometimes weeks after and think about each of our responses and reactions and why we both reacted in the way that we did.

i think i've also met a few people in the past couple of months or so that have really sparked questions and/or opened my eyes to situations we all deal with both personally (behind closed doors) and openly, with those we choose to share them with.

i think it's pretty obvious that our early childhoods shape our lives on a much greater scale than any of us really realize.  that the moments or events we sometimes remember and think odd that we're remembering right then and there, are sometimes incredibly pivotal in the shaping of our lives.

i was talking to a girlfriend this morning about a book i have to pick up at the library later today and the book's topic sparked a whole conversation on compassion and the delving deeper into the why's of why we do and react in certain ways.  she mentioned that she's currently listening to Daniel Golemans audio books.  Goleman is a psychologist who works as a science journalist and has written for the new york times. after we hung up, i googled him and came across a ted talk he gave way back when.

if you so happen to have a few minutes, i've kindly attached it for your convenience

i won't get into what i took away from it because i don't want to steer your thoughts in one direction in particular but the talk is about compassion.  it's a good talk.  too short in my opinion but enough to make me want to listen to his audio books.

i'm really quite curious.  from what my girlfriend told me, his books have a lot to do with not only compassion but social leadership and understanding and reading people to make situations work to both our benefits. 

i'm really interested in why we all do the things we do and say the things we say and live the lives we live.  (i'm thinking maybe i should have finished my psych degree).  i don't think there is anybody on this planet who doesn't question their decisions and their thoughts on the daily.  maybe not to the extent that some of us do but....

so i'm gonna leave you with that.  i feel as though i'm not quite finding the words to the things i'm thinking so i'm going to converse with the boyfriend as he makes us some sunday breaky.

have a great day friends

xx