Active participant vs. observer

I'm more active.

 

I think it goes like this:

You want to survive: observe/absorb
You want to thrive: create/participate

 

It depends. I often find myself standing alone in a crowd, even among friends, observing while everyone else breaks off into twos and threes to converse.

I do like to have fun though. I don't want to be in the center of things when people are just talking but if I'm with a group and we're actively doing something fun then I definitely prefer to be in the thick of things.

 

i dunno, i do a lot of both. don't do anything, and nothing will get done. but if you don't sit back and observe sometimes, you'll miss out on a lot of opportunities to learn from your surroundings, and you'll be exhausted.

 

I am perfectly content being an observer. I enjoy being a fly on the wall.

 

No Longer Active Participant, But A Keen Observer...



Cheers Glen.

 

i don't generally participate in things that involve crowds. the things i'm interested in there's really seldom enough of us in one place to call a "crowd".

i participate in creating things. i don't think art was ever meant to be a spectator sport. its what makes us human.

exploring of course, we share with most life forms that have a cerebrum and a spinal column. its what makes us alive.

i participate in making things. usually by myself. not just art.
i'm not claiming to make everything i use. not by half.

i mean, for example today, cutting through the mall on my way back from trader joe's to catch my bus home, there were these couple of booth babes who washed my hands for me, obviously to practice their sales pitch.

70 bux for a one pound jar of 'bath salts'.

no i didn't. (as the saying goes "the name's tucker, not sucker")

for 70 bux i can buy a 50 POUND BAG of rock salt, enough liquid hand soap to mix with it, throw in a bottle of cheep callone, and still have change left over for a sanwidge and a cup of coffee. at starabux.

 

Even though I have been active and I travel(led) a lot, I still consider myself a mere observer of life rather than an active participant.

 

More of an observer for sure, but it turns out, participating is actually quite good fun.. gives you a chance to use those observations, and when those observations are accurate, I welcome that little shot of dopamine.
Plus, it exposes you to more opportunities that are waiting to be observed

 

"Do you ever get the feeling that the story's too damn real and in the present tense
or that everybody is on the stage and your the only person sitting in the audience?"

We are all actors and audience in this sitcom we call life.
To not be a participant is to be dead.........






or is it

 

An observer. I've gotten so much enjoyment out of listening to conversations which I am technically included in. As in, I'm standing in a group of people who are chatting. I feel so involved but then realize I haven't said anything and they probably didn't even feel like I was there!

 

Naw, people appreciate a good listener

 

Well I participate when necessary..but for the most part, I would say i'm an observer. I simply enjoy taking a step back and taking in the life going on all around me..

 

have to laugh .... Mostly I am alone and far from others - obviously I must participate rather than just observe.
I feel observing is necessary, but without acting on what I come to by observing makes no sense to me.

 

Ive actively observed participants

 

Is that what they call stalking?