Sociological Mindfulness

I see myself fitting into the big picture of society because in my opinion, sociological mindfulness is putting yourself in other people’s shoes. Growing up I was taught to always be nice to people because you don’t know what they’re going through. I think that’s why I’m able to put myself in other people’s shoes because I’m able to understand what other people are going through. An example of this is a friend of mine was acting different. They weren’t as talkative and as energetic as they normally were. At first I figured they might not be feeling good because normally that’s how I would act, but I still kept in mind. About a week later, they were still acting the same and I thought to myself, “I wonder what’s going on?” So I thought, maybe they don’t want to talk about it because its personal or they act like everything is okay. Then I put myself in their shoes. If I had something going on with my family I thought that talking about it would be good and make me feel a little better. So I approached them when nobody was really around and I asked “hey, is everything okay, you’re not acting like you normally do.” And at first they were very hesitant about saying it and then finally opened up and told me that some issues had been going on with their parents. I didn’t ask for a in depth story about what was going on, because I knew that it would just make them think about it more. Because that’s what I would do, so I asked “are you okay? Do you need anything? Do you want to stay at my house or hangout?” As I said that they went from acting down and upset to smiley and happy. It really changed the way at how I look at things because if I was ever in a situation like that, I would want one of my friends to do the same.

I think that Jesus Christ should be added to the list because he has been on of the biggest influential people in the world forever. He has influenced so many people to do great things and really made people believe in themselves.