blind eyes

Imagine spending 10 hours building the most beautiful house in Minecraft, but only to realize that no one will see it. No friends, no server, no screenshots, no history, no one except yourself. Would you still build it? I feel like this scenario applies to more of our lives than we like to think. How many of our goals, actions, or achievements are done for our own happiness and how many are done for the approval and appreciation of others? For example you go on a walk and come across an absolutely beautiful sunset, and rather than admiring it yourself, your first reaction is to take a picture and post it? Why? Why do we seek the approval of others so much that we don’t even let ourselves appreciate the beauty? You’ve learned a new skill or become good at doing something new. Your first reaction isn’t “I did something new,” or “I can do this,” it’s “who do I show this to.” At one point, you lose the ability to differentiate between wanting to do something and wanting to show others you’ve done it.

The Minecraft house probably doesn’t need another pair of eyes to appreciate it. Maybe when it’s done you just sit on the roof for a bit and look at it, and that’s the whole point. Some of the most impressive and meaningful things you do will never be known by anyone, and that’s what makes you a person worth knowing.

~ nazeef 10/15/2026