Are we sleep-walking through our waking state or wake-walking through our dreams?

I recommend a movie that all of you should see.

Some may think it is weird. Some might not get anything in it. Some might get only a little out of it.

But regardless you should see the movie. It is called: Waking Life

There is so much going on in this movie, it is pretty hard to explain in words. So many different concepts, theories and all of them more thought provoking then the next.

One part that really got to me was when this old man was talking in a bar. He talks about how there is a bigger gap between the average man and "philosophers" or human beings that do great deeds for mankind (People like Einstein, Ben Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi) than there is between a chimpanzee and the average man.

And his question was,

why is it that there are so many people, but so few of these great men and women?

We think of ourselves as smart intelligent people, but most people don't even get close to where Einstein was. And I am not just talking about science and math, because I feel like Einstein knew a lot more about all subjects. I feel like he had a more rational but at the same time 'think outside of the box' mind. And what does he mean by saying all this. And why is there such a big gap? Well he says you can find the answer to this question by answering another question.

What is more of a universal trait in all humans...fear or laziness?

Why do we not reach our potential? Are we too afraid to fail or are we just content by living mediocre lives and coasting.

Now I would definitelybe the last person to say that 'coasting' through life is a bad thing. I do it all the time. There is less stress, you don't worry as much, and I believe in the end you are more happy because of this. You get more things done because you are coasting. If that even makes sense. Who knows.

But the point is, is there anything that really isn't possible for us? Think about it. We are told throughout our childhood that "you can be anything that you want to be". So we decide to be something and know that if we try, we CAN do it. But then at the same time, throughout life, we are told we CAN'T do certain things.

A kid has a dream of going to the NBA but he is already a senior in high school and has tried out every year and has not made the team. Realistic people would tell him, you know what your NBA dreams aren't going to happen bud, maybe you should try being an engineer or something like that. So what will the kid do? Of course sooner or later he is going to give in and give up his dream. Because he has people telling him that his dream isn't going to happen. There are always people telling us we can't do certain things, or saying "wow you are ambitious" when thinking in there head, wow thats not going to happen. It all comes down to the laziness/fear factor this guy is talking about. Can we really not become the NBA star that we want to be? Or are we just too lazy, too afraid, to go through the work to get where we want to be. We already have these traits deep within us, and it is just fed and fed by these can'ts and won'ts.

Maybe deep down people are afraid they are going to work really hard for something that they might not really like in the end. How do you know if you like it until you try? So we settle for mediocrity. We settle for being average. But hey, some people don't give up, they are not lazy, they are not afraid and they are remembered forever.

Way to Go.

Einstein, Lincoln, the person who invented sticky notes

Way to Go.

If only I had the ambition right now...but it is in there. And I'm not going to let things tie me down to what I want.Maybe we should listen to what we were told in elementary school.

You can do anything you want to do