If you know me in real life, chances are I've told you to youtube some video that i found introspective. Sometimes I come across speeches or sound bites that really make me think about what life is all about and what is human nature. I think we all get hyper focused in our lives and are unable to see the big picture. We are all made of star dust and the social constructs we are confined in are artificial and meaningless.Our lives are just one frame in an infinitely long movie. Our bodies are filters and we still have control on what we let ourselves be exposed to in culture. I don't have a tv and for the most part I try to have no exposure to pop culture, except for what I choose to access on the internet. Even still I am programed by cultural like everyone else. I find myself following patterns that I haven't even noticed or contemplated. Every day I try to step back and take everything in and realize that things I worry about whether it be training goals, relationships, school work. To borrow a phrase from Joe Rogan, in the end we are all just monkeys, on a rock hurling around a giant nuclear explosion, in space. If you're fortunate enough to be able to see the stars at night in detail, please look up. If you're surrounded by light pollution, get out of there and look up.
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