He took me to some swanky mall to go shopping (called Shin Kong). It was just a big mall of expensive European clothing stores. I wasn't feeling it.
I did, however, find a Charlie Brown cafe. And it's pretty much exactly what it sounds like--a coffee shop that's Charlie Brown themed. I looked for pictures online, but I didn't find any good ones. Here's a picture of one of the coffee cups though. I had a nice cup of coffee from one of these :)
So, anyways, I took us to the Charlie Brown cafe. Collin and I sat and chit-chatted for a little bit.
Then out of the blue, like it was so casual, Collin asks me, "do you think your life is significant?" I tried to explain to him that that's a really big question and that it's incredibly hard to answer. He didn't really get it, though. So I told him that I haven't really done anything particularly meaningful in my life yet or impacted people in a meaningful way. I told him that when I die I hope to have had a meaningful life.
To which Collin responded, "I think our minds are different." He explained that he believes that life is sort of inherently significant. The fact that you are born is significant. So significance is had from the beginning, it isn't made or created.
I think it's a cultural insight.
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