Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Being a Tourist of People
When you happen upon a place you haven’t seen and you wish to visit, the first thing you do is to gather information about it. If you have the opportunity, you go to the place’s Visitor Center where you find maps, brochures, lists of activities and festivals to participate in, restaurants, shopping places, typical souvenirs, etc.
Everything you read is very descriptive. Using good marketing techniques, the readings tell you why the place is worth your visit. Every single positive point is described: all that is good, wonderful, interesting, poetic, beautiful, intriguing, exciting, fascinating, distinguished, memorable, curious, historic, relevant, humorous, remarkable, illustrious, quaint, extraordinary, romantic, and so on. You get excited and motivated to visit all that interests you; all that you feel attracted to.
And indeed, because you are attracted to the sites, you find them all marvelous. The result is that not only you thoroughly enjoy your visit but you also tell others about it, so they too, may enjoy it, making you happy that you were able to please them.
So, in truth, what exactly happens? When you understand the Law of Attraction, you know that when you go to a place, you most likely align yourself with what it has to offer and because of this alignment, your visit becomes perfect. You come to visit only that which truly interests and fascinates you.
So what is my point?
My point is that I don’t see why, as human beings we don’t do the same thing, i.e., make believe that we are a tourist center and believe that others are one too? Do cities and the like show their visitors the "poor side of town"? Do we look for it? Of course, not! And yet, sooner or later we will find it and only then we learn to deal with it in the best possible way.
Wouldn’t be nice if we could find the best attributes of any person we already know or meet which align us to them and therefore get to know them well, find them attractive, and appreciate them?
Wouldn’t it be nice if, next time we meet someone we ask them what makes them unique and likeable? Every single person has characteristics that please us. How about we look for them and forget what does not please us? We can also do the same for them: we show them our most attractive aspects.
How many people you know and love don’t possess all the attributes that you most like and nevertheless you forgo them because the person has other things that you like? We will not find the quintessential perfect person and we will not be the perfect person either; however, we can certainly align ourselves with them and love and be equally loved. We simply need to look for the attributes that attract us the most and… voilà!
So, let’s make this a game, the Tourist Game and not only show the best we have to offer but look for it in return.
Everything you read is very descriptive. Using good marketing techniques, the readings tell you why the place is worth your visit. Every single positive point is described: all that is good, wonderful, interesting, poetic, beautiful, intriguing, exciting, fascinating, distinguished, memorable, curious, historic, relevant, humorous, remarkable, illustrious, quaint, extraordinary, romantic, and so on. You get excited and motivated to visit all that interests you; all that you feel attracted to.
And indeed, because you are attracted to the sites, you find them all marvelous. The result is that not only you thoroughly enjoy your visit but you also tell others about it, so they too, may enjoy it, making you happy that you were able to please them.
So, in truth, what exactly happens? When you understand the Law of Attraction, you know that when you go to a place, you most likely align yourself with what it has to offer and because of this alignment, your visit becomes perfect. You come to visit only that which truly interests and fascinates you.
So what is my point?
My point is that I don’t see why, as human beings we don’t do the same thing, i.e., make believe that we are a tourist center and believe that others are one too? Do cities and the like show their visitors the "poor side of town"? Do we look for it? Of course, not! And yet, sooner or later we will find it and only then we learn to deal with it in the best possible way.
Wouldn’t be nice if we could find the best attributes of any person we already know or meet which align us to them and therefore get to know them well, find them attractive, and appreciate them?
Wouldn’t it be nice if, next time we meet someone we ask them what makes them unique and likeable? Every single person has characteristics that please us. How about we look for them and forget what does not please us? We can also do the same for them: we show them our most attractive aspects.
How many people you know and love don’t possess all the attributes that you most like and nevertheless you forgo them because the person has other things that you like? We will not find the quintessential perfect person and we will not be the perfect person either; however, we can certainly align ourselves with them and love and be equally loved. We simply need to look for the attributes that attract us the most and… voilà!
So, let’s make this a game, the Tourist Game and not only show the best we have to offer but look for it in return.
