3/23/2016

Today’s Horoscope

All Signs:

Today you will be reminded once again how special and unique you really are.   Sadly, it won’t be in a fulfilling way and it won’t seem like a positive experience.  We are all the same in so many ways, but in some crucial ways we are all very different and alone.  We all have our own minds, and they have formed their opinions and interests and have the things that are important to them, listed in their own particular order.  We have all lived a life trajectory exclusive to us, and everything we have experienced has informed who we are at our core.

So throughout your life you will do or say something formed in your special and unique mind and you will be shocked at the underwhelming response it receives.  Someone will stare back at you with a blank look that says they missed the point entirely.  If you really start paying attention you will see that not many people share your passions, and not usually to the same degree that you do.  

You are guilty of it too.  Many times when people are talking to us we are just waiting for them to finish so we can start talking again.  Much of human interaction is an old social contract of “you pretend to care about my stuff and I’ll pretend to care about yours.”

Social media has made it so much worse.  We are used to instant responses to whatever pops into our minds and we think that maybe people are waiting to hear what we have to say, when in reality it’s mostly just a diversion for many that are just trying to make it through another day at work.  Narcissism is rampant online, and we are all guilty of it, even though most people don’t really understand what narcissism entails.  

We also have to understand the reality of people liking things.  If a movie is a blockbuster you would have to assume that it is widely popular and beloved by the majority of people in the world.  Well, take the new Star Wars film.  It sold about 107 million tickets.  Now take a third of those and figure they are repeat viewers.  That’s about 70 million people.  Worldwide.  There are over 7 billion people on the planet, and while they aren’t all in a position to pop off to the local cinema and see Star Wars, that’s a pretty small percentage of people that really care about it.  Let’s be really conservative and say only 1 billion people had an opportunity to see it.  That’s still about 7 percent of the available audience that even cared enough to go see the new Star Wars.  And that is one of the biggest movies of all time.  

Even hit TV shows are only watched by a tiny fraction of the population.  So if only one or two of your friends seem interested in something you do then you are probably doing better than most of the biggest hits out there.  Simply put, not everyone is going to get it all the time.  That’s no reason to get discouraged or to stop being who you are.  You shouldn’t be passionate about things based on if other people share your passion anyway.  You shouldn’t do things because of what others think, be who you are because it makes you happy, and if a tiny group of people think you’re doing okay, take solace in the fact that you’re most likely doing better statistically than the Star Wars franchise.  

All these differences is what makes up life and makes it worthwhile and sometimes surprises you just when you thought you’ve seen it all.  It’s nice to have friends and family that see things the way you do, but it’s equally important to have friends and family that see things another way.  Don’t take it personally when you don’t reach someone with the same thing that motivates or interests you.  See what motivates and interests them and maybe you will discover something important you somehow missed before.  

The stars shine whether you are looking at them or not.  You can look up at night and see a billion stars blazing in our galaxy, yet there are a trillion galaxies containing trillions of stars that we never even see.  Those stars don’t care.  They shine on in some corner of the universe, perhaps giving their light to a few dead planets, yet they shine on just the same.  

We should too, because even though we may not get a pat on the back for it, there is always someone out there that needs to see that light and have it help them through the darkness.