How long does it take to see something, to know someone? If you put in years, you realize how little you grasped at the start, even when you thought you knew. We move through life mostly not seeing what is around us, not knowing who is around us, not understanding the forces at play, not understanding ourselves. Unless we stay with it, and maybe this is a movie about staying with it.Rebecca Solnit
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We all come into our lives with preconceived notions of who we are, how we are to act, what our purpose is in this world, and what kind of people are around us. Life is about learning to see the world around us and the people in it for who they really are. It’s about learning that sometimes the ones that you think are not good people, in fact, are. It’s about understanding that just because someone does something you don’t like, it doesn’t mean they cannot change their ways. It’s also about learning that just because someone has done something terrible or hurtful to another person, it doesn’t mean that person will never change.
Source: The Mother Of All Questions
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