Do you see what I see? Definitely not! Even if we all look at the SAME thing, at the SAME moment, we cannot see the SAME thing. If we remove the scientific angle from the explanation and only try to understand the philosophical or experiential angle, we would know that it is impossible for two people to look at things in the precisely the same way. How we experience things, places and people around us depends on our past experiences, our mental status and a lot other internal things. Though we can try to relate with others around us in a similar settings, we never know what they must be feeling exactly, sometimes they themselves don't know. Having difference of opinion is completely normal, very rarely it will be the case that two individuals can completely agree on something, and we should understand and respect that without any ego or negative perception. We all have a different life philosophy, different goals, different learnings, We all cross paths with each other for a short ...
Look at that guy he is such a pathetic looser! Look at that girl, Doesn't she belong in the zoo? Mr. X is such an egoistic person, he can't stand a simple NO. Miss Y knows nothing about her job, how come she is still in the business? There is definitely some intention behind his acts, How can anyone be so kind? Is he really good, or is he pretending to be good? How come he/she is successful and I am not? He/She must be a people pleaser for sure! How often do we jump to conclusions like these? I would say every now and then. We as humans have made it our life's goal to be more interested in others lives than our own, and it is one of the core reasons why we all feel lagging behind at most of the times. Gossiping has been credited as the driving force behind the development of languages in the book- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari , and I think it is true. The pleasure that we all get discussing other people's problem trumps any other daily pleasures that we enjoy on day to...