When we think about philosophers, who comes to mind are people from the past such as Plato, Seneca, Socrates, to those interested maybe Nietzsche or Schopenhauer. We very rarely thing about philosophers from today … Those still living and teaching around the world in University settings.

One such philosopher still alive, though retired, is Wolfgang Welsch. Before retirement, he taught in Jena University and still lives in Germany. Long ago, I was triggered by Welsch's statement, "We see not because we are not blind, but because we make ourself immune to many things, so we can see many other things."

That one single statement made me a "life observer" of the world around: to understand how I perceive the world around me AND what differences are between my worldview and the worldview of others.

My own personal philosophy of life is simple: humans are not able to discover anything because we all RE-discover everything. Some of us are blessed with more (i.e. Einstein) and some with less, like myself. However, we still can and should observe, think and analyze.

We have this same deficiency in vision as cars do, which we build based on our, human body mobility … They just move faster. In your side mirror, you have a "blind spot." This is the area which is invisible to us and if we do not make an effort to look at our mirror blind spot, we may miss important information.

We also have a "blind spot" in our physical eyes based on our inner immunity to certain feelings, emotions, or situations. They make us "blind" so that our brain must take over and artificially create the missing part of the picture the way we are able to accept. As a result we think we have the whole picture, idea, or concept. Remember - I said we "think" we have the whole picture, yet we do not. Our whole lives are lived in this dichotomy and we often pay a high price for it. On the other hand, it allows us to survive or to see and ponder ...

I guess developing sensitivities is the only help we can count upon. Sensitivities can "over-write" this type of mental and emotional anesthesia in which we live.

In my opinion, we cannot live without two aspects of life: science and philosophy. Science triggers our mind and pushes us to go forward, to know, to experience, to prove ... Philosophy makes us pause and wonder, ponder and observe. First is very active, the other inactive. Together they bring us into balance.

I truly believe that each of us is a scientist and a philosopher on our own level. And that makes life worth living, experiencing and every day making new friends ... Even if they are far away as you are. That's all for today, my friend!