"Think Outside The Box!"
What is the box?...We grow up all our lives with teachers who tell us that thinking out of the box is what we need to do, thinking out of the box is what everyone needs to do. So if everyone is thinking outside the box, doesn't mean that everyone is still thinking the same way? Which means, we're never really escaping the box. At least, we didn't escape when we wrote all of those essays throughout the years.
"Think outside the box!" is a nice way of saying: "You're smarter than that stop thinking like the (for the lack of a better word) dumb people." In my opinion though...If you're telling so many people throughout the world to out think one box...Aren't you putting them into another? Can we really escape a box if we're just being placed into a slightly larger one? Or is it slightly smaller? If it's smaller then we're all never thinking outside of anything now are we? Some people might say that I thought out of the box when making this blog site, but did I really? Or did I just enter a new level of boxness (yes, I did just make up that word).
The box is...the box is the normal way of doing things. The box is what everyone else seems to do. The box is the minimum amount of effort that we have to put into things. The box is not standing out in a crowd. The box is just getting by. The box is the people who don't care enough to want to overachieve. Now don't get me wrong...I see nothing wrong with the box if working is not your thing! For other people being the best is all they want. Take my friend for example. His brain waves just might be align completely different with the rest of the world. The kid is absolutely one of the smartest people I know. He thinks out of the box so much he's made it to the 5th level. And that's okay. But that's not for everyone.
Okay, so I should put this disclaimer out there....I'm not trying to call anyone stupid, slow, or dumb. I'm just saying if inside the box is where you wanna be, then have it! If you're slowly making your way to different levels of other boxes, that's good for you! :)
Anyway, be you a box thinker, or an out of the box thinker, tell me in your own words...WHAT IS THE BOX?!
The "box" is an illusion. It's not so much about thinking outside of such a thing but thinking, looking, and reaching beyond it. When a person is on the other side, the clarity of life unfurls and the real thinking begins. All of us have the potential to exceed our limits... maybe that's a better way of saying "think outside the box". But...who knows? Some people's box is God. In such a case, I would think twice to dismantle ones devotion to the place that stores their heart.
ReplyDeleteYes. The box. The illusion. One day, the box will be...
Okay sooo that's waaayyy better than my answer. An Illusion.
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