I thought it would really interesting to find out what everyones 10 are. I came across this article on Ted.com and really liked the concept. It's a great way to learn more about yourself and friends.
http://www.ted.com/conversations/6514/we_can_learn_by_exchanging_and.html#.TtcJzShA4Iw.facebook
By Cleo Abram
"We can learn by exchanging and discussing our own lists of "10 Things I Know to be True."
After listening to Sarah Kay's beautiful speech and poetry, I tried to write my own list of "10 Things I know to be True." I learned one thing immediately: I don't know much. I learned a second thing more slowly: that's okay! I tried to distill my limited understanding of the world into this list, without being overly philosophical nor literal.
One thing I know to be true, but that is not on my list, was that Sarah Kay was right when she said that if you share your list with a group of people you will find that someone has one thing very similar, someone else has something totally contrary, another person has something you've never heard of, and still another has something that makes you think further about something you thought you knew.
So let's share ours, and find out! What do your lists have on them?
Here's mine:
1. Fiction can, at times, feel more real than fact.
2. One person, with a good idea, can change our world.
3. There are things about our universe that we will never understand.
4. #3 is not an excuse to stop trying.
5. Everyone has a story worth hearing.
6. There is always another side to the story they tell.
7. Questions can sometimes teach more than their answers.
8. Children can sometimes teach more than their parents.
9. Everyone should travel.
10. No one's truth is universal."
These are mine. :)
1. If someone says something with enough conviction people will believe it.
2. Youtube commenters are mostly racist, chauvinists, who don't know how to use spell check. And you're better off not reading them.
3. People who don't like kitties are lying or pathological.
4. You can't have an actual discussion with someone who just wants to change your mind likewise you can't get anything from a conversation if you refuse to believe you might be wrong.
5. If you're bored then you're boring.
6. the world will be a better place when people realize they shouldn't try to control someone else from doing something that doesn't affect them.
7. An attitude adjustment can change your station in life.
8. Refined carbs are killing us and making us dumb, fat, & ugly.
9. Jealousy and greed are great motivators. It motivates some people to try really hard in school or at work while it motivates others to campout outside of Wall Street for months.
10. There are always two sides to a story.
There are few things I love more than sketch comedy shows. Seriously if I had kids it'd be close (as in the kids would come in a close second. Sorry people that don't yet exist). Or if like a loved one and sketch comedy shows were hanging off the side of a cliff and holding onto to each of my hands and I had to choose which hand to let go, well lets not make me say it out loud and we can pretend I'd make the right choice.
