The other day I was stuck in the window, watching blackbirds (according to Artyom, it was them). And they have such a movement there, something is always fluttering from place to place, and in flocks, they peck at something, and, the coolest thing, they throw themselves off the roof and fall like a stone, periodically slowing down with their wings. To be honest, I was stuck on them only because of the last point =D “Oh no, there is still a lot of beautiful things in this life, wait! NOOOOOOOOOOO..." a second of black humor So, I got bored watching the same actions of birds, I decided to choose one bird and follow its behavior. It took a lot of patience. She did not move for about 5 minutes... 🤬After this time, she flew to the wires to two other birds. And again sat there for 5 minutes. Yes, I've been staring at birds for ages. Yes, my excitement took me too far, I agree. As soon as I turned away, my thrush disappeared somewhere. Apparently she was stressed by my obsession. In short, why am I telling all this? When I watched the whole flock as a whole, it looked very active, and when I watched one bird, I realized that this activity was an illusion. Like people, I drew a parallel with one situation at school. It always seemed to me that all my classmates were constantly doing something, they were having fun, their lives were in full swing. But one day during recess I decided to look at the boy with whom I was in love at that moment, he was the informal leader of the class (socially active, that is). And he, like this bird, simply stood still, although there was some kind of movement around him. He even looked a little lost, as if he didn’t know what to do. After some time, he turned to someone. I’m sure if I watched others, I would notice someone else who doesn’t really interact with anyone or do anything. But because of the number of people in the class and their small interactions, it seemed that everyone was constantly doing something and because of this they were more successful in communication. Very reminiscent of the effect of social networks, where everyone shows off a little, the total mass of showing off accumulates and hints that everyone is doing well except you. This conclusion (everyone is doing better) arises from the fact that we look too little at other people and their path. And too much on yourself and your shortcomings. Yes, for some reason it is customary to ignore one’s own merits. I suggest you try to observe those around you as an experiment. I wonder what conclusions you will draw or have already made? I went to observe further))