I am a personal fan of history. It's just so awesome to me! A lot of people don't like it, and I suppose I can understand why they wouldn't. It's boring (or it's been presented to them in boring ways), they find it irrelevent to their lives; irrelevant to the world.
I find it interesting for two reasons. One being, I love to read. So I perceive history in a similar way; a story filled with characters with quirks and oddities (Nero was without a doubt up there in quirks), plot twists and climaxes.
Secondly, everything in the world, all the current events, are all reactions to past events. And those past events that caused the current eventes are merely reactions to events that occured even beore their own. And the cycle goes on and on and on until the dawn of time.
To fully understand the now we must understand why and how it all started. We can learn, maybe how not to handle a situation based upon history. We can learn which methods have already been used, refine them and make them our own.
(I feel like such a nerd writing this, but it's so true!)
You can also apply this love of history to an individual. When you understand a persons past you begin to understand why he may think one way and react the way he does. You can begin to have a better relationship with all around you if you only take a moment to consider, that yes, he has a past too.
I'm going to stop shoving my favorite subject down everyones throat now!
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