The Nature of Trusting Others in Our Daily Lives

I brought up the following topic at the dinner table, and the conversation that ensued really got me thinking.

Does everyone realize how many people you have to trust to live a normal life? Of course, many people regard their family and best friends as the ones that they trust the most, which is usually a very good thing, as those are the people you most likely see quite often and who you are closest to. At first, it might seem as if trust ends there. However, think about it. Unless every moment of your life is spent in a self-made cage that you made from scratch, without any tools or materials, eating absolutely nothing, the chances are high that you trust a LOT of people. Every time that you buy something from someone else, you're trusting them not to put something toxic or dangerous inside of it. Every time that you ride in someone else's car, or bus (or other vehicle), you're trusting them not to crash or do something wrong, and even if you're driving the vehicle, you trust every single other car on the road not to crash into you. If you're an average person, you probably trust every single person that you see in your daily life (what if you were afraid that every single person you crossed was about to throw a punch at you, or worse?)- to a certain extent- people some more than others, of course, and rightly so.
Though this requires people to be reliant on so many other people, this is not a bad thing. It means that there is definitely good in the world, and an abundant amount, because otherwise humans would not- and should not- trust others as much as they do.

I realized how many times I post poems on here about something depressing like death, so I thought about life and happiness instead. That was a bit of a rant up there, but I hope you still liked it! :)

-Cora

Basketball, Sports, and the Strange Tendencies of Humanity

Warning: Everything I say below is my opinion, and my opinion only. I am not attempting to advocate this opinion whatsoever. If you disagree, then you disagree. That's your choice.

I watched a basketball game yesterday.
Almost every student in my school came to watch, because the game was during school.
Our school is pretty small, so everyone can fit in the bleachers of our gym.

Our team did really well, and I only knew that by looking at the scoreboards. I was completely amazed to see that only after two goals- ummm, do you call them goals in basketball? Or do you say hoops?- the score was 2-2. And in the middle of the game, our score jumped from 39 to 41 suddenly.
Until I remembered that for every goal- hoop, whatever- you can get more than one point, depending on how far away you are. But for me, keeping track would be confusing.
Actions in sports like basketball don't make much sense to me.
Numbers do.
Thank goodness for scoreboards, or I would be completely lost.

The game lasted almost an hour and a half, and my opinion about it was mixed. I wanted to support our team, because they're from my school, and it's a human tendency to want to support those that you have things in common with. However, I'm not much into sports at all. I don't dislike sports, I just don't really care.

As you can probably tell, I'm a nuisance at sports. I can't throw a ball and have it reach its destination. I'm okay at catching, but in most sports, if you want to play it, you have to be more than okay.
I'm mediocre at tennis. I can't serve, though.

Why do people play sports? Why are people so negative against the other team that they're not cheering for? Why do shouts in the stadium- is that what it's called? A basketball stadium? Or is that football? Ugh, I'm clueless- include "BOO!" and "MISS!"?

It's probably because we have a strong will to win at all costs, no matter what. We want to feel good, and in order to do that, we think that our opponents need to feel bad. We win, they fail.

Our feelings should not affect whether we do well or not. We should just be able to play sports and win if our abilities surpass our opponents.
And yet they do. Our feelings have a very strong effect, and they carry a lot of weight in the result of everything we do.
Humanity has a tendency towards feeling strong emotions. This is both a good thing and a bad thing.
It's good because feelings give us an opinion and make us unique and special, which is important. It makes us human.
It's bad because sometimes it closes off our minds to what other people think, or feel.

The bottom line? Emotions are confusing.