Intro

 Watching the world go by at Tottenham Court Road station, waiting for the meeting to happen, it strikes me just how introverted the majority of people are.  The blatant disregard for what’s going on around you.  The lack of observation, the people who are so wrapped up in their own world, who fail to appreciate anything, or anyone in their vicinity. 

If only they opened their eyes properly.  If only people had some even an inkling of the awareness of the world that I see, they’d understand that what matters in life, what really makes a difference, are people.  The people who touch your life, and those who don’t, but who could if you chose to let them in.  You need to look into their eyes.  You need to see people for who they really are.

Some simply don’t get it.  You look behind the eyes, hoping to see the glimmer or spark of a soul, but the fires have never been lit. You look to see if something is going on, but nothing.  Perennial disappointment.  

However, if you stop what you’re doing, the banal act of looking at your phone, and take a moment to consider the throng of human energy swirling around you, you begin to comprehend why the world is how it is, but more importantly, what makes people the way they are.

Then you can start to choose the people you want in your life.  Those who inspire, those who fill you with excitement, who are capable of making you laugh, uncontrollably. That make you smile, that make you strive for more, that understand you, just as you do them.  The ones that constantly surprise you, the ones that make you feel…alive.