I find it crazy that everyone has their own lifestotry

[u/Lanky_Moose_8423]

I was watching a video in which a image of hundreds of people in a airport were walking around. I realized that each person has their own life story, and in each one they are the main character in their own life. This lowkey made me a little emotional, just knowing that I am just a small speck in a world of people.

[u/ckje]

This crosses my mind every now and then. Usually while driving. I think about that person driving by me in the car, and them thinking of me like an NPC in their life like I do to them.

That they have a whole back story, happiness, pain. Where do they work? Who are they meeting? Are they having a good or bad day? Why?

It's wild.

[u/Tsobe_RK → u/ckje]

and while we've shared the world at same time, we've had completely different journeys and experiences. I wish I could travel the world and hear peoples stories.

[u/ckje → u/Tsobe_RK]

This is why I like reading biographies / non-fiction. It gives me ideas of what's possible to do and try in the real world, and at the very least live an experience through someone else that's done it.

[u/stealthdawg]

it's called sonder

[u/freneticboarder]

And everyone is the main character in that story, from their point of view.

And everyone of them, including you, matter.

Make sure the world is a better place for you having been in it. 🥹

[u/cyankitten → u/freneticboarder]

"I told myself I wasn't going to cry today" (But it's a good cry, this is so wholesome, sweet and true! Thank you!)

[u/Personal-Pie2768]

Warm hugs, stay happy.

[u/Informal_Geologist_9]

I’ve had the same thoughts. I love observing people and wondering what’s happening in their lives.

[u/Insight116141 → u/Informal_Geologist_9]

People watching n imagining a life each of those person lives is amazing

[u/YodaThePooh]

It’s a very long story, with billions of main characters from a very gifted author

[u/fitforfreelance]

r/lostredditors, but I know the feeling

[u/[deleted]]

Everyone is just a bunch of star dust, mere nothing in the grand scheme of universe.

[u/DiamondSea7301]

Our significance in the crowd is determined by the impact we have on everyone's life.

[u/Maroontan]

I think about this every day, idk if that’s too much

[u/jmhlld7]

Ponder sonder

[u/Catcher_Thelonious]

From a micro point of view, they seem unique.

From a macro point of view, they're as indistinguishable as ants in a hive.

[u/AsparagusCute2435]

Yeah and that all is organized so well that we can share our story with anyone on the airport and so does anyone with us. Beautiful ❤️

[u/Present-Policy-7120]

https://www.thedictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/concept/sonder

[u/Agitated_Sugar7652]

The person you think of as "yourself" exists only for you, and even you don't really know who that is. Every person you meet, have a relationship with or make eye contact on the street with, creates a version of "you" in their heads. You're not the same person to your mom, your dad, your siblings, than you are to your coworkers, your neighbours or your friends. There are a thousand different versions of yourself out there, in people's minds. A "you" exists in each version, and yet your "you", "yourself", isn't really a "someone" at all.

From One, no one, a hundred thousand by Luigi Pirandello.

[u/rigel2303i]

Sadly, a large number stay NPCs in their own story...

[u/aceshighdw → u/rigel2303i]

I came to this realization over the last year or so. I've always thought of myself as the main character, and assumed everyone else did the same.

I'm starting to see that a lot people have a "depth of character" of about 2". Questions like "where did you start" and 'where are you going" don't have an answer for them. They've got a routine, deposit to their 401k, and when they'll retire they'll "travel". And by travel I don't mean explore the world, it's just moving from one "all inclusive" corporate structure to another that is strangely/scarily a lot like the "all inclusive" gated community/condo/apartment they live at when "home".