Life Lesson #1- Empathy

Okay so, this post is straying from the usual flock of blog posts I usually read, yet this is something I want to write about and document, so even if virtually nobody reads this, I can come back and read it someday, kind of like a diary!

Life Lesson #1- Empathy

So recently I've wrote a speech in English, on not judging a book by it's cover and researching for it has really opened my eyes into the world of... well basically everything that wasn't my world. 

People may look at this tweet from Marina and the Diamonds (who- fun fact- I adore) and think 'what? no, duh I know the world doesn't revolve around me! Pft...' But just think about it, when you're living in your own skin 24 hours a day, 7 days a week- it's simply hard not to think the world revolves around you- sure yours does anyway. And sometimes we get so consumed and tangled up in the many problems and distresses in our own lives that we can forget that everyone around us is also going through their own plot twists in the story of their lives. (wow, second blog post in and I'm already getting a 1D quote in- way to go Becca...) Doing research for this english speech of mine, I came across this quote from a very wise woman, Wendy Mass:

This quote speaks to me as it made me realise that although I feel like my own problems are huge- so does everybody and before I judge anybody, I should 'walk a mile in his shoes' (quoting To Kill a Mockingbird...my English teacher would be proud). It's so easy to spiral down the dark tunnel of judging others and gossiping, yet until you know every nook and cranny of their lives, you have no right to judge anybody. Although it's good to be in touch with your own thoughts and feelings, sometimes it's good to take a step out of your own world and take a deep fresh breath of someone else's perspective. You can never really know how someone is feeling until you look at things from their point of view.

So as I've said, this is only the first step on the bridge towards my full maturity (however much I protest that I believe I know it all). I find that although I am a pretty wise 15 year old, there's always another thing that life can teach me and I'm all open ears for it, to grow as a person as my adult years loom ahead. So feel free to join me on my journey- there's room for everybody- buckle up, enjoy the ride and I hope to see you for chapter two!

Little Miss Rebecca xo