Have you ever noticed the many worlds there are on this planet? What is central to my world may be a world away from how your world revolves. What is important to me may not in the slightest interest or be of concern to another. We may not really understand their point of view, or world, but then, they probably don't relate to ours either.
It would seem that Louise has a very limited, confined world to most of us. When I was driving her to visit her husband in the hospital thirty miles away, she asked if Florida is like Montana. "No", I said and began to describe the differences to her. I asked if she had ever been out west, to which she asked,"What do you consider west?"
So I named some states that I consider western; Washington, Colorado, Utah, etc.. "No", she said. So I tried Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, to which she said she hadn't been any further west than Pennsylvania. I thought she was joking, and laughingly said that it wasn't really considered western. But, she was serious.
You'd think she has a pretty limited world; will only drive in town, never further west than Pennsylvania and a very structured life, with difficulty with any changes to her routines. Yet, within her world she has stretched it to greater dimensions than mine seems to be some times. She goes to a variety of concerts when ever she chooses, buys exactly the organic foods she wants, without worrying about cost. And she doesn't ask for things to be any different from what they are. She is quite content with her world and quite okay for my world to be so removed from hers.
This isn't where I was going to go with this today, actually. I was going to talk about how what I consider important isn't necessarily what another might find something to get all excited about. And visa versa. I've been told before that I live in my own little world to which I have to agree. But, then don't we all?
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