Imagination

I think we, as humans, get bored too easily. We require so much to keep us entertained. But why can't we just use our imaginations? There's beauty in the so called "plain".
Maybe it's because I consider myself a writer, but there are times when I just can't help but discover the interesting and beautiful things in otherwise boring life.
Everyone you come in contact with is dealing with his own sort of issues. That guy is totally separate from you until your fingers brush his as he hands you your coffee and wishes you a good morning. Then you go on your separate way.
The plastic grocery bags that blow through the wind. Where have they been? Where will they end up? How did they end up blowing across your intersection?
How many people have touched that dollar bill? What was the other guy buying when he spent it?
Or that guy next to you at the stoplight. Why is he eating his sandwich? What circumstances caused him to be unable to eat it at home? Where is he going, anyway? What is his name?

The world really is an interesting place. I think we take it for granted, actually. Even the parts that most people would find "ugly" are beautiful. Downtown, for instance. The 16th Street Mall. Most people seem to find it dirty or gross. But think about it for a second. There's all these people. Somehow they ended up at the same place you are. Mankind has built some amazing structures. Nature is beautiful, but that doesn't mean that anything that man has made is somehow not pretty.

The world is so interesting and you're just a tiny party of it all. Really, neither of us have have any excuse to be bored. But yet it happens because we're just not creative enough. We want someone else to imagine things for us, and once we're done with whatever they've imagined we're just.. bored again.

There's so much opportunity for stories to be written, for art to be made, pictures to be taken. Don't even write it down if you don't want. But isn't it interesting to think about the little things? Why don't more people think about these things??????

People, use your imagination for once and stop being bored all the time!

Spongebob knows what's up:

Much love,
-Amanda. :)

Also, I wrote most of this at about 2 in the morning when I had reached the "Oh my goodness this is a revelation that everyone needs to know about!" stage. So, I hope this makes sense.