Journal 58: I Exist

Basically the quote is saying that us people are self-centered and we think that the world revolves around us. From the movie, King's Speech, the speaking instructor asked the king why he should listen to what he have to say. "Why should I listen to you?" "Because I have a voice!" We tend to think that we are important and that people are to listen to us when we think we have some brilliant idea. It doesn't take the most self-conscious person to declare that he made some changes in the world. Everyone feels that they contributed somehow to society and that they are important enough for everyone around them, everyone in the world, and the universe to hear what they think and what they ought to say. However, the world is a big place. The world is filled with a lot of people and a lot of different thought. To logically, through close inspection, think that the world needs to know what you're thinking out of all the other people and out of all the even more thoughts that every person has is simply too demanding. Unless a person of high eminence or importance or power, even people in the same community, same career, would be reluctant to hear what one another has to say all the time.