When people think of philosophy they usually think of abstract concepts that mean little to what happens everyday. However, this high level philosophy is only one dimension of the discipline. Really there are three levels of philosophical discussion and almost everyone participates on at least one level everyday.
Here are the three levels:
Level 1. High Philosophy – as I said before, this is the level of complex, abstract concepts that are mostly 
discussed in academic circles. This level provides the overarching framework for the following two levels and has great significance if we are to understand why we think they way we do. For example, if the predominant thinking of the time is that every person determines what is right and wrong according to how they feel, then we must realize that there is an overarching philosophy that provides the framework for this way of thinking. Everyone doesn’t have to understand this high level philosophy to live it out and therein lies the problem. If there are inconsistencies in level one thinking, and if not many question this, people are basically following something through blind faith.
Level 2. Art – painting, sculpting, writing, film and even television fall under level 2 philosophy. Artists take the messages from level 1 
philosophy and display them in a way that make us contemplate the art we are seeing and look for the message behind the medium. Today these messages primarily reach people through film and television since they draw the most viewers. What does this mean for our society then when a majority of the media transmitting ideas is superficial and outright poor a lot of the time? “Does Two and A Half Men” really present something worthwhile when we think about what it means to be a person? I’m not saying that all shows and films need to be in depth, abstract thinking shows that hurts your brain when you watch them. What I am saying is that viewers have to be aware that messages are coming at them everyday through art and needs to at least be analyzed briefly.
Level 3. Water Cooler Talk – It used to be called talk around the coffee pot at work until Seinfeld changed it 
(interesting level two influence). Level three could also be called conversational philosophy that people engage in everyday. When we talk about what we like and don’t like we are making judgments on ideas and in turn expressing our own world view or lenses that we see life through.
So as I have said before, we are all philosophers even if we despise the subject. It’s like a matrix we live in everyday but are unaware of. Once we realize that we are “plugged in” a whole new world opens up for use to engage in. To engage in this matrix, check out The Philosophy Matrix