People Watching Should Be A Sport.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:52 AM
Posted by: Bart
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People Watching should be a sport. If you
define a sport as something that A) is fun, B) is good for you and C) teaches
you something. One of the best things about people watching is it teaches you
that there is infinite variety in the world. Literally every person that you
meet is totally unique. I think that people watching is a lot like enjoying
nature for that reason. Nature is also nothing but a display of unlimited
uniqueness. Everything that you see in nature is unique. As the saying goes, no
two snowflakes are the same.
Why is it that a jagged landscape on the
horizon looks beautiful, but a row of cookie-cutter manufactured homes all
painted the same color looks ugly? There is something so compelling about this.
Something in us craves uniqueness, maybe it is because it is the natural state
of all living things on the Earth. Maybe we inherently look for things to match
the uniqueness that we all have within us. Whatever the reason, I’ve noticed
that, for me at least, truly beautiful things are unique.
Nothing supports this thought more than having
a child. Now that I have two, I am amazed at how totally different they are. Of
course our first is a boy and our second child is a girl, so there is an
obvious difference there, but the differences go so much further than
physiology. They come to Earth totally and completely distinct, unique
individuals. There is really nothing more beautiful in this world than seeing a
perfectly unique new little life come into the world. It instantly makes you
realize that we are all a part of a big picture and the drama that is playing
out in our lives is a long string of irreplaceable, distinct, unique experiences.
