Edited 4/22/2025

Pattern recognition can be a blessing and a curse.

You see things in a sequence that are good, bad, and in-between, and when you try to present your findings to a small or large audience, you either get applause or the finger.

Both fingers, if they’re passionate enough.

It means something to break free of people that would fit the second group; a response that I sometimes received from my own discovery that I will share in the future.

These are people that will discredit your views in favor or their own, especially if your views expose them in some negative way, regardless of if you named or titled them.

I know better. We all know better. If anything, those kinds of responses are part of a pattern, too.

It’s the kind where even people that are close to you are better seen as case studies, but not in a malicious way.

Not in a way how some will tag demeaning labels onto people that aren’t up to speed with the rest of society’s fragile standards and egos.

Thankfully, you’re not alone in this.

People around the world recognize when the numbers, the behaviors, and other details don’t add up. It’s almost like noticing a continuity error in scripted media, only this can become cause for real world celebration and/or condemnation.   

Then you have those who are woken up to patterns that their environments, and more deeply, their privileges, cloud or even shield them from.

You might even get surprised by, in presenting your findings, others may agree and add something to it that you never noticed, and compliments your own.

Those patterns mean something to all of us. We’re part of them in every choice and action we make, and every belief we hold dear.

They can help us see the world beyond what we’re told to commit to. What we do with discovering them will determine if they are meant to harm or heal yourself or others.

Much of this reminds me of closing often stated by content creator Raw Cognizance, that I will close with, as well:

“Stay hopeful, trust your your gut, and always know…you’re not crazy.”

Kingston Priest