" Take the time just to listen,
When the voices are screaming much too loud.
Take a look in the distance,
Try and see it all.
Chances are that you might find,
that we share a common discomfort now."
When the voices are screaming much too loud.
Take a look in the distance,
Try and see it all.
Chances are that you might find,
that we share a common discomfort now."
Buried Alive- Avenged Sevenfold
There's a lot to learn from the first verse of this hard-rocking song. It speaks of how ignorant us humans can be sometimes. Where we often jump to very wrong conclusions without giving it much effort or thought. In a fast-paced world where everybody is busy going somewhere or doing something, it's grown to be part of the norm for us to miss the important yet subtle details that make all the difference in our lives.
The first 2 lines state that we should slow down and listen to the noises and voices of the people and things around us. Instead of hearing what we want to hear, we have to listen to what's actually THERE. Even if those voices are drowned with loud, distracting screams, you never know what you might miss from hearing just a little bit more. It's hard to find a good listener nowadays, someone who's content with just hearing other sides of the story.
We all want our stories to be heard, so much, that we filter out the meaningful and misunderstood voices of others. I've learned that the first step to letting your story be heard is to listen to the stories of others first.
To look in the distance is to have far sight. Not the kinda sight where you spot distant objects, but the kind of sight where you 'see' the bigger picture. People with this talent have always been respected and were often sought to in times of trouble and dismay. Tribal warriors would call such a person the 'Far seer' where he often predicts the strategies outcomes of a coming battle or the outcome of a natural disaster. Seeing it all isn't easy, in fact, it's as hard as my constipated poop.
But that doesn't mean we can't enlarge our perspective on life, even if it takes to chip it in bit by bit everyday. Just by opening your attention a little, you'd be able to pick up tiny details you never noticed. How a person walks, how the wind rustles the leaves, where cats like to drop their crap, what sounds a dog makes when he's excited. All this minute details might seem like a big waste of your time, but you never know when you might pick up something that truly matters.
The first 2 lines state that we should slow down and listen to the noises and voices of the people and things around us. Instead of hearing what we want to hear, we have to listen to what's actually THERE. Even if those voices are drowned with loud, distracting screams, you never know what you might miss from hearing just a little bit more. It's hard to find a good listener nowadays, someone who's content with just hearing other sides of the story.
We all want our stories to be heard, so much, that we filter out the meaningful and misunderstood voices of others. I've learned that the first step to letting your story be heard is to listen to the stories of others first.
To look in the distance is to have far sight. Not the kinda sight where you spot distant objects, but the kind of sight where you 'see' the bigger picture. People with this talent have always been respected and were often sought to in times of trouble and dismay. Tribal warriors would call such a person the 'Far seer' where he often predicts the strategies outcomes of a coming battle or the outcome of a natural disaster. Seeing it all isn't easy, in fact, it's as hard as my constipated poop.
But that doesn't mean we can't enlarge our perspective on life, even if it takes to chip it in bit by bit everyday. Just by opening your attention a little, you'd be able to pick up tiny details you never noticed. How a person walks, how the wind rustles the leaves, where cats like to drop their crap, what sounds a dog makes when he's excited. All this minute details might seem like a big waste of your time, but you never know when you might pick up something that truly matters.
These simple three steps prevent people from getting killed when crossing the road. They might just help you have a better life (:
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