Perspective

A lot of things in life are about making your way to the top of this so called "ladder" in life. I think in order to even start to think about climbing that ladder, one must have their feet firmly on the ground first. There is no way you can work your way up if you don't have a solid foundation. This idea always discussed or mentioned, but no one seems to explain what exactly that solid base is. I personally like to think of it as being fully aware of the your current situation understanding all that is around you and really seeing things beyond the physical. It's common knowledge that if you change you perspective on something, everything changes. Well, how can you understand something completely new if you're coming from a place where don't really have a firm grip on what was already there? I think there's a flaw in the way we are raised here in the US. From the second we are born, we are forced to see things through example. Our parents perspective on life and all things in it are pushed upon us and we suck it up like a sponge because we have no understanding to begin with. Then, when we reach that level in life where we are forced into the world, things seem chaotic and strange because we have no personal perspective on anything. I say we let our children run free and experience life for themselves. We need to learn to build our understanding of the world around us before we can rise above it and see things from a different view. This is turned into a bit of a rant now. It's kind of late and I should be sleeping but, I'd taken a evening "nap" so I'm a bit in limbo in terms of sleep and awake. I hope all this made sense otherwise I just killed 20 minutes with the rhythmic clacking of my keyboard. They should make a CD full of the sound of someone typing away on like a old school typewriter. I rather like the sound of busily typing away. I could totally sleep to that. Oh but there also has to be a crackling fire in the backround. You know, to even things out.