It Is Unrealistic

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It is unrealistic to expect people to see you as you see yourself." --Epictetus
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I could never express how true this statement is on so many levels.  Even if someone could mindread others, they can't know you as you know yourself.  There is more to being human than our thoughts.  Our heart is there it guide us to where we need to go.  Our bodies take us there in the physical world.

Who we are is more than a simple definition.  Even the best of lovers that share each other's hearts can't fully express themselves.  In the wake of a new era that is already upon us, and we must learn to stop judging, change the other's point of view by joining together as a human race.  Is this easy — want to know a deep secret that we all know but never accept — anything worth having is never easy.

John Stuart Mill was right; in order to know ourselves, we must learn how others live from outside or comfort zones.  That means stop hanging with people that are similar all the time.  You will find a lot of these types in the workplace, students in high school or college.  They are everywhere.

If you want to change politics, mass shootings, the environment, and all the rest, this may be the only way — one day at a time. Do things in ways you have never done them before — with an open mind.  Learn many forms of philosophy — stoicism for one.  Understand life is not lived in a narrow strict path.  Life is free with more disciplines and control than you may realize.