Human Connections (a Poem)

People affect each other. It applies to everyone, happens to everyone, and is done by everyone. People you don't even know have an effect on you. Famous people, ex girlfriends or boyfriends, your friends, friends of your friends, families, people in other countries, anyone who is trying to help or hurt anyone...the list is endless. The world is connected, by people. From the minutest level of one person to the grandest level of millions.

Not to mention, humans all have similar issues in life, and the same goals and desires. You want to lose weight? You just started a business, or blog? Your boyfriend or girlfriend just broke up with you? You're cold, tired, hungry, or just bored? Congratulations, this is the same for millions of others. Even if you're fit, healthy, productive, happy and having a great life, guess what - so are lots of others. Being "special" is a romantic idea, not a realistic one.

But at the same time, while it means less people are "special" or known to everyone on earth, more people are special in their own social circles and everyone still has an effect on other people that goes further than their immediate surroundings. Everyone is unique as a person, even if everything they say, want, or do has already been said, wanted, or done before. It's quite paradoxical in ways...how people seem to affect everyone, and no one.

Is it good? Is it bad?

Well, let me communicate what I think about it, within the constraints (or freedom!) of rhyme.

To think, to dream, to fathom thus

about other people who affect us,

is a mystifying and confusing act

but is nonetheless, unavoidable fact.

Girls, boys, friends of a friend,

feelings of curiosity never end.

Jealousy and fear are apt to arise;

the unknown can often be our demise.

Presidents and celebrities are culprits too,

making us wonder about what WE do.

They make our lives seem boring and bland,

nothing is good enough, nothing's as planned.

Is it them? Is it us? How on earth do we change?

Effects of human connections are certainly strange.

The thing to remember, is that it's not just effects.

You, too, are a cause, you can change what happens next.

P.S. Okay, regarding that last line, if you can't actually change what happens next, you can at least change how you respond to it. You are master of your thoughts! Choose to be content, choose to be happy and not let other people bother you or make you feel any less confident and valuable. Your value is dependent on how valuable you feel, after all.