Have you ever felt that if you stared at an object long enough while concentrating hard enough, you could eventually make it move? You know it’s not possible, and yet you try anyways. There’s something magical about the mystery and suspense that’s born when you steer away from the predictable, and dabble into the unknown. Even if the outcome is less than extraordinary, the road to the answer is more than worth it.

We’ve all done it; whether to amuse an obsessive urge or simply rule out the possibility that we’re missing out on something special. We stare at the glass, trying hard not to break concentration until we come to the conclusion that we didn’t try hard enough. I mean, what if you were different but didn’t even bother to explore the possibility?

Life moves fast and it’s hard enough to take it all in, let alone reflect on it. We rely on others for reflection and the answer’s always the same. Our ears are flooded with stories of people that are better than us. We see them fictionalized in film and hear about them them in music. For every new reality show that airs and for every mass-tailored melodic pop song that comes out, we lose the ability to look within ourselves for greatness. Where is this going you ask? Well, I was unfortunately watching a marathon of the Kardashian wedding last week and couldn’t stop thinking about how short the marriage would end up being. Then I read the headlines and realized that I just made the glass move

-Florin