The Things We Do
Often throughout life, as I am happily enjoying myself, doing the exact thing that I chose to do at that moment, for some reason, some people will come up to me and ask me why I am doing that thing I am doing. Whether it is playing a video game, going for a walk, reading a book, working on a website, watching TV or anything else I do, for some reason, some people feel that I should have something better to do at that particular moment.
Often once somebody decides that I should not be doing the thing I actually want to do, they will offer recommendations of the things they feel I should be doing, using language such as, “You should do this” or “You should do that”.
I have a hard time understanding this mentality that causes them to guide me away from the thing that I wanted to do, and into a direction that I chose not to go.
Where do they get such vast knowledge of what I like? How can they feel that their idea of what I should be doing is actually superior to my own opinion on the subject?
Am I actually supposed to take advice on what I should be doing with my time, from someone who can find nothing better to do with their time then tell others what to do?
People do the things they do, because after all the weighing of all the choices they can think of, they chose that as the best possible course for them.
We are all different, we all have different goals, and we all want to do different things. Whatever a person chooses to do themselves, is decided with the unparalleled knowledge of self, and only they can choose the very true best thing that they should be doing.
We do what we do, because that’s what we chose to do.
I heard the below song a few months after writing this post, and thought I would share it here.
The Raconteurs – You Don’t Understand Me
You don’t understand me
But if the feeling was right
You might comprehend me
And why do you feel the need to tease me
Why don’t you turn it around
It might be easier to please me
And there’s always another point of view
A better way to do the things we do
And how can you know me
And I know you.
If nothing is true
Why do you think that you are doing
But who is the fool, the fool or the fool
that you are fooling.
And maybe I just don’t see the reason
But in the corner of my heart your ignorance is treason.
And there’s always another point of view
A better way to do the things we do
And how can you know me
And I know you.
If nothing is true
You think you know how I feel
Its not that big of a deal
There’s no such thing its not real
Oh-Oh
You don’t understand me
But if the feeling was right
You might comprehend me
And I don’t claim to understand you
But I’ve been looking around
And I haven’t found, anybody like you
And there’s always another point of view
A better way to do the things we do
And how can you know me
And I know you
If nothing is true
