I’m sure I’m not the only person who sucks all the salt of
the outside of the pistachio shell prior to opening it up and eating it, nor
would I be the only one who runs sour coated lollies like warheads under water
to lessen the strength before I eat them. I’m practically getting something
that is made the same and is so standard and changing it to be the way I like
it. Sort of like DJ’s remix songs that are okay to become songs that are incredible.
So as I looked over at the unopened packet of salted pistachios on my desk
which really should be plagued with school books and study notes, it got me
thinking whether we do the same with people. Just like we alter or enhance the
foods we eat or music we listen to, do we do the same with those we know?
You hear numerous stories about how relationships never work
because one person went in thinking they could change the other but it was to
no avail. It always makes me jump to the conclusion that they do it wrong.
Instead of completely trying to alter who they are, all that is simply needed
is a little adjustment. An enhancement on the things they like about the person
and a dull down of the things they don’t.
Yet, just like I enjoy extracting every last speckle of salt
and rinsing off the majority of the sour coating, some may wash the salt off
and suck on the warhead without any preparation. This brings me to the point
that people find joy or whatever it is in different things of the same theme.
In regards to people, I generally like people who don’t argue my point because
I’m stubborn and its tiring to argue, I like people who are sporty, have a
mutual agreement that doing nothing is no fun and people who have lots of
money. However, you may like someone who is always there to tell you when you
may have gotten something wrong (why would you want that though), someone who
enjoys lounging around as do you and someone who has more spiritual wealth as
opposed to monetary wealth. And to me,
that sounds absurd, just like eating a yellow warhead but to you, it’s
perfection.
On Facebook, I enjoy scrolling down my newsfeed and
repeating the words ‘fuck you’ and ‘shut the fuck up’ in my mind over and over
again, yet most people enjoy being able to stay connected with people they haven’t
seen in years. The thing is though, that there are so many sides to a single
things. If I look at a painting, I might see pain and sadness the artist was
trying to express but the person travelling the world with me and standing
beside me in the Louvre may see a colourful, energetically expressed masterpiece.
It’s all perception and not only is it perception, but it is tunnel vision. We see
what we want to see. I enjoy my salt on the nuts (get your mind out of the
gutter) and I enjoy a slight sour taste. So be it, babes.
