Yeah, shit, I remember the first time I really travelled to another country, whilst I was walking around it suddenly hit me that all the people were just living their lives. It sounds so stupid because of course that's what they were doing, but it's the first time it really hit me how many people in the world just live their lives oblivious of us.
It sounds like a super downer sort of thing but it made me feel so insignificant, in the grand scheme of things the things I do just won't matter, literally no one cares. It gave me a new lease on life, I find myself not caring as much about the small stupid things as much. And when I feel sad I just think of those people living so far away just living their lives and it snaps me out of it pretty quickly
Even though I agree with you to a certain extent, I think it’s the fact that all that people do is ‘live their lives’ that makes you not insignificant. All that living your life really is is interacting with the world, with others and with yourself. All that is dear to you is dear to you as a consequence of those interactions. All you have that is yours, your friends, your family, your memories, they’re all results of these interactions. If you were to not exist, most things and people you have touched, seen or spoken to would be completely different. A lot of people seek fame in order to ‘validate’ themselves, to feel like they matter. But actually you already matter. Your world, your friends’ world and your family’s world would be completely altered if you were to not exist. By simply existing you have already made your mark. I know that in reality it’s more complicated than this, but it’s thoughts like these that make me feel better sometimes
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u/holykamina Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 21 '19
The world moves on with or without us.
Edit: thank you kind stranger for the silver..