The Flashing Red Light

Throughout the entirety of my first year of college, I stressed out A LOT. Probably way too much. And most of it could’ve been resolved if I was more social and went out to meet new people.

But I enjoyed my alone time and was content with the things I was doing at the time. Most nights I would go to Upper Campus to this overview point that looked over the city of Waltham and deeper into the surrounding cities. Since it was night the lights were much more apparent.

No other light was as apparent as The Red Flashing Light on the tip of this large pole miles away.

It was really weird that this one flashing light was the main attraction for my eyes rather than all the cars or even the dim clouds.

A year later I sit to share this experience and see that there was a VERY valuable lesson to take from it…

Your attention won’t always be attracted towards the commonalities of daily life, like the cars or the clouds. These are seen almost everyday. Rather, the rare scenes are what keep our minds curious.

Okay, so how is this a lesson?

Commonality is something we as humans create. Something is only common if we say it’s common. It’s just like money; as a world we could have a 100–0 vote and say apples are now the main currency. Everything in this world that we see…