A university professor and former news anchor praised Meguro Ren's perspective-taking and recommended everyone watch his IG Live about accepting different perspectives.
The IG Live he was referring to:
🖇️https://t.co/7xDkyq4T43
Translation (22:00–30:00)
You know, let's say there's a certain thing right here.
If I look at it from this angle, I can see certain good points and certain bad points. But if someone looks at the same thing from another angle, they'll probably see different good points and different bad points.
The way it appears changes depending on where you're standing.
I think that’s true from all 360 degrees, no matter where you look from. The way something looks changes little by little depending on the angle.
And even within that same thing, your view will still change depending on where you are.
That's why I think perspective always depends on where you are standing.
I'm looking at this thing from my own angle. So if someone is looking at it from the opposite side, I absolutely want to hear what they think.
I want to hear them out. I want to listen. And I never want to dismiss or reject their opinion.
Because their view is different. The way something looks changes depending on where you're standing.
I think this kind of thing exists in everyone's life.
Maybe it's something happening at work. Maybe it's something happening within a family.
A father may see a situation one way, while a mother sees it from a different angle.
Things like this happen all the time in everyday life.
That's why I don't want to reject the opinions of people who are looking from the opposite side.
At the same time, I hope people will listen to my perspective too, and to the things I can see from where I'm standing.
I listen to people who see things differently, so I hope they'll listen to us too.
These are the kinds of thoughts I've been carrying around lately.
I've been struggling with them, thinking about them, worrying about them.
But when I spend time thinking about these things, wrestling with them, and trying to make sense of them, I always seem to arrive at the same conclusion:
We're all human.
At the end of the day, we're all human beings.
We're all born into this world, and as we grow up, we experience happiness, sadness, pain, frustration, joy, and so many other emotions.
We all go through those experiences and become adults.
We're all human.
And that's why I think peace is best.
For example, let's say you get into an argument with a friend.
From your own perspective, things may look a certain way, and you might feel upset or irritated.
But if you try looking at it from the other person's perspective, if you really put yourself in their position, you may realize:
"Yeah, I can understand why they would feel that way."
I think that's important.
Being able to think like that is a good thing.
It's not like, “Because that person or this person was that way, you must be the same too.” I don't like being pigeonholed that way.
Sometimes I think:
"Well, that wasn't actually true for me."
That person's perspective and my perspective are different.
There are so many situations like that.
But we're all human.
Peace is best.
#RenMeguro #目黒蓮
Q3 What do you keep in mind when posting on Instagram?
I've scattered stickers (gif) of a child I call "Yay tiny boy" all over. This is someone who's been showing up for a year now. I'm the one hiding, so I'm happier when they can't find me and like, "Where is he!?"
Q5 Which member understands you best right now?
Fukka (Fukazawa Tatsuya). We're close enough that the Okinawa trip we did for YouTube was originally something we were planning to do privately, so I think we understand each other even without words.