Be the Spirit in the Sky

   

     The other day on NPR I heard a writer talking about one of his most recent novels and articles. He focused on the human perspective of light, the sun, clouds and other natural elements. He had extensive research on each of these subjects and was answering questions from callers. In his response of one of these questions, he gave an anecdote of a recent conversation with his wife on the subject of the sky. They had spent hours looking at the sky and analyzing all the different colors of the sky, and then spent the same amount of time trying to find out why people say the sky is blue. In doing this, I found a similarity in one's perception of the sky and of others. Like the sky, every human is a complex combinations of emotions and thoughts; and like the sky we can sometimes describe someone with one word. In doing this, we lose the ability to find what is unique about this person. Whether you think this is because we have loss individuality because of the internet or social media, or some other reason is irrelevant. The fact is it is becoming ever-more difficult to have a lasting impression on someone. So, we should all take this too heart, because no one ever just wants to be know as just blue.