"Fish will be the last to discover water."
Has anybody heard this statement before? It's one of my favourites. Fish will be the last to discover water. This is true for everybody. You get used to your environment. You stop seeing what is right in front of you, unless it changes. A fish, for instance, would have to jump above water to notice air. Everybody needs to be momentarily displaced in order to appreciate what they have.
Living near Niagara Falls, and being able to see it everyday- you stop looking at it. You curse the traffic that slows you down while you try to get to work. You laugh at all the tourists who are lined up against the rails taking photos. The roar from the water becomes just another background noise to your ears. We take it for granted.
But if we stopped and looked, we'd see the wonder and amazement on the people's faces. Who are we to judge? Maybe they come from the Gobi desert, or the Sahara? Or just a country, region, or town that is land-locked, and they have never seen such a wonder? We are just fish, swimming around, staying underwater- it takes only one of us to jump out and notice air to effect change.
Living near Niagara Falls, and being able to see it everyday- you stop looking at it. You curse the traffic that slows you down while you try to get to work. You laugh at all the tourists who are lined up against the rails taking photos. The roar from the water becomes just another background noise to your ears. We take it for granted.
But if we stopped and looked, we'd see the wonder and amazement on the people's faces. Who are we to judge? Maybe they come from the Gobi desert, or the Sahara? Or just a country, region, or town that is land-locked, and they have never seen such a wonder? We are just fish, swimming around, staying underwater- it takes only one of us to jump out and notice air to effect change.


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