I love to people watch. I love being able to look at school kids and feel nostalgic about my time in school; I love looking at a stranger and seeing a piece of someone I love in them; I love seeing people in love and how happy they are and I love seeing old people sitting down with a cup of coffee and wondering how my life will be when I’m old. I find peace in people watching; if you ever feel alone in this world, people watch, it reminds you that you are not alone and everyone around you is in the same boat. I feel as though people watching has also helped me understand myself better… it helps me notice the differences between people and between myself and them. People watch enough and you’ll begin to truly understand how succinctly different everyone is from each other, not just physically but by their mannerisms and how they carry themselves. My favourite place to people watch is at concerts; every single person in that single place are unique individuals and yet, somehow, they have all gathered in the same place, at the same time, to listen to the same music. Each person connects to each song differently and I think it’s beautiful to see the happiness on peoples faces when their favourite song comes on, or how one person could be crying, one person could be dancing and one person could have the biggest smile on their face, all while listening to the same song. It truly is so interesting to see how people interpret and connect to a certain song so differently.
I also love to people watch people in love. The best way I can describe this is through ‘People Watching’ by Conan Gray. Looking at people in love makes me feel excited and hopeful for not only myself and my life, but humanity. I know this is a bit farfetched and super philosophical, but it makes me hopeful for humankind when I see people in love. Amidst all the pain and struggle and the suffering and hurt, there is love and there is hope. Seeing people truly in love and truly happy helps me to understand that there is both good and bad in this world and that as horrible as things have been, are, or could be, these glimpses into true love make everything seem worth it.
“I wanna feel all that love and emotion, be that attached to the person I’m holding. Someday I’ll be falling, without caution, but for now I’m only people watching.”
“I’m only looking just to live through you vicariously, I’ve never really been in love, not seriously. I had a dream about a house behind a picket fence, next one I choose to trust I hope I use some common sense.”
This is exactly what goes through my mind when watching people in love, it helps me better understand what I want and what I deserve in a relationship. I feel like people often end up in bad relationships because they see the relationships of the people in their life, and if they’re bad, they can base their own off of this because that is all they know, however, all you need to do is break out of this bubble and look around… at some stage you’ll see a couple and you’ll see how they treat each other and you’ll make the decision that this is what you want. You’ll see true love and you’ll understand that you deserve more.
Anyway, I find great comfort in people watching and I strongly suggest that you focus more on the world and people around you; I hope you find as much peace and joy from it as I do.
