Being Spontaneous

The importance of spontaneity is way unstressed. For those who know me, I wouldn’t know if spontaneous would be the best word to describe me, but it is certainly a huge aspect in my personality. And in my honest opinion, I am a pretty fab. person, therefore, spontaneity is a good thing, right? Before we examine the wonderful outcomes of being spontaneous, let’s define what it means to be spontaneous: coming

or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned. Alright, so: being spontaneous is just being yourself and speaking your own mind. As we grow older, kids lose their creativity because their minds are trained to filter their thoughts, which in time create the creative flow to be hindered. They are taught at a young age to “think before you speak”. Wrong. The main objective in that is to supplement a mindset of being kind to one another, which is absolutely fine. The problem with it is the word choice they use to get their point across. Instead of that phrase The Golden Rule is an easy replacement. And let me clarify, there isn’t anything wrong with keeping a thought in your mind so you can articulate your stance on an issue. What’s wrong with thinking about things too much is that your original notion is morphed into one that doesn’t necessarily reflect your personal views. Over thinking is bad. Think for a moment, if everyone would say what were on their minds. Of course, controversy would arise, but over time it would be highly beneficial. Imagine: instead of answering the question “How are you?” with a, “I’m good and you?” with your actual thoughts of: “Today is stupid, I don’t like today or you, why are you talking to me? I’m not even going to ask you how your day is because I could care less.” How liberated would you feel? In turn, the person may feel hurt, however, if they really voiced their opinions they probably wouldn’t care about your feelings for the current day.

            I’m straying from the point. Spontaneity is a far underrated idea. The only way to pull of a life of spontaneity is to not care what others think of your opinions. People today are a little too sensitive of others opinions, but if we just thought what we think, without persuasion of others, think of how wonderful life would be without the burden of peer pressure. Which finally ends to my conclusion, and challenge for you: Be spontaneous. Do what you want to do, (For the record, I am not condoning you not doing you homework just because you didn’t want to do it) but rather be yourself! If people don’t like you for who you truly are, and think, then why would you like them? Be spontaneous, think freely.

-Lindsey Bugajski