Word of the Week #276:
Life is… simple.
I mean, I know that is not what I said last week, but hear me out, now, because I have a new theory.
I think life is simple. I really think it is far simpler than what we make it out to be. And somehow, I think we are unable to accept how simple and clear and obvious it really is, and that is why we find it difficult to comprehend.
Think about it this way. Ask a kid—a young science nerd, preferably one just about to enter into a college—what a tetrahedron is. Maybe ask the kid what a tesseract is.
In all probability, you will find that the kid can give you a precise, eloquent explanation. Either that, or the kid should really not be pursuing a science degree.
However, if you ask the kid to explain what a point is, odds are that you will see some true confusion, followed by a fair amount of floundering and fumbling.
Why is that?
Because a point is a point; that is all it is.
There are no deep, clever layers to the concept. There are no basic components into which you can further break it down. There are no neat 3D models that can help you visualise it.
It is just a point. Simple.
Some people just understand what a point is, and some just don’t; most are somewhere in the middle.
I think that is true for life as well. Most of us are somewhere in the middle.
And I think that is true for people as well.
People are simpler than what we make them out to be.
Now, here, I am talking about what they are, not necessarily what they have been, what they can be, what they could have been, and other such hypothetical versions of their selves.
I am talking about what they are. And what they are is simple. And obvious. And very, very visible.
Just, more often than not, we either see but do not comprehend, or we just choose not to see.
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