To see wild life you must go outside. Plenty of examples here. Someone I know once said ‘I’ve never seen an owl’. Well the reason for that is that you’ve never been outside at the times when you’re most likely to see one. You’re also never in the places where owls go. It is unlikely you’ll see one between the car and front door, nor in Sainsburys and certainly not on the couch. You, as the human need to put yourself in the position of seeing one. I had never seen whales, but then I haven’t spent much time at sea. So I went on a whale watching trip and saw some whales. Bonus.
If you’ve never seen a shooting star you are most likely not going outside enough at night. You are not going to see one looking at the TV all night. And the reality is that if you go outside on a dark clear night and look at the sky for long enough, you’ll probably see one. How this obvious little bit of information escapes most people is both bemusing and fascinating. I’ve never seen that but I’m willing to do nothing about it. I suppose that sums us up, including the mood I’m in right now.