Experiencing
Jun. 20th, 2009 01:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blindloveAs an American, I've grown up in the continental United States for the majority of my existence. Without realizing it, I've slowly been stacking bricks along the walls of my sheltered life. I catch myself excusing things merely because of that. Although it's valid, I am discovering that it's absolutely unacceptable. Why continue to stay enclosed in a mindset where my beliefs and motives are purely of one culture? There are plenty of other ways of thinking that I can't possibly understand unless I train myself to examine and think about many, many experiences.
I think for as long as I can remember, no one could ever change my opinion on anything whatsoever after I'd made up my mind about it. It could be pertaining to a person that I'd just met, how things had to be done, and even as far as my opinion on a current affair. I'm not sure what caused me to be like this, whether it had anything to do with my upbringing or if it was something genetic, but I feel that some of it may have to do with living in the States and hearing over and over that America is the land of the free and therefore something in the range of the best place to live. This has caused me to block out many different possible experiences that could have expanded my knowledge and depth as a human being.
One of the best ways to change what has been one of my least favorite aspects of my personality as of lately, is really to just go out into the world and experience it. Whether it's through taking notice of my environment or taking action in it, I view it as something that is highly important and critical to my non-traditional education. Currently, my residing in South Korea seems to weigh in my favor. I'll be noting my experiences as they come to mind, not necessarily in any order.
I think for as long as I can remember, no one could ever change my opinion on anything whatsoever after I'd made up my mind about it. It could be pertaining to a person that I'd just met, how things had to be done, and even as far as my opinion on a current affair. I'm not sure what caused me to be like this, whether it had anything to do with my upbringing or if it was something genetic, but I feel that some of it may have to do with living in the States and hearing over and over that America is the land of the free and therefore something in the range of the best place to live. This has caused me to block out many different possible experiences that could have expanded my knowledge and depth as a human being.
One of the best ways to change what has been one of my least favorite aspects of my personality as of lately, is really to just go out into the world and experience it. Whether it's through taking notice of my environment or taking action in it, I view it as something that is highly important and critical to my non-traditional education. Currently, my residing in South Korea seems to weigh in my favor. I'll be noting my experiences as they come to mind, not necessarily in any order.