Sunday, January 31, 2010

cApItAliZaTiOn

you're right,
the difference between our posts is the capitalization of the first letter.
how did that come about?
does it reflect our personalities in some sort of tainted way?
is it a fundamental difference in our train of thoughts?
a mirror on how we look out to the world:
the capitalized letter signifying a perspective of authority, respect, and an honoring of positions; one that does not stop to think about things, but thinks about the initial action and then moves on.
and the minuscule ones indicating a lack of awareness on such issues and perhaps a tendency to focus on the little details that make up an event, action, thought, or word.
it reflects the importance we assign ideas, thoughts, and values.
the amount of time we spend replaying spoken conversations or something someone did over and over.
I'm not saying one (you) does more than the other (me).
Not at all.
I'm not saying you completely fit one description and i the other.
I'm not saying one is better than the other.
I'm not saying either one of these qualities makes for a better person.
i actually don't quite know just yet what I'm saying, but i am getting to it.
it's impossible for me to characterize either one of us, or people for that matter, as a lower or an upper case letter.
just as it is impossible for psychologists to group people into an A or B personality.
we're thinking, living beings and any type of label in that sense is just wrong and unfair.
but i do believe there are fundamental differences that separate us.
Apart from the given physical appearances, it's how we talk and think.
How we express our ideas to others, and how we react when others convey theirs.
It's how we conduct ourselves when nobody is watching and when they are looking on.
It's how we interact with the world.
i guess what I'm getting at is that, as cliche as it sounds, what's inside is what matters and, more importantly, how we show what's there.

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