There is little about ourselves that we discover. That little part of ourselves is what we truly understand. The rest, is the invention of many minds around us. Most of us prefer invention over discovery. Makes life easy, doesnt it? I mean if tomorrow somebody came up to you and asked you to discover a mobile phone what would you reply? the obvious response would be, "Its already invented." We somehow carry the same attitude about ourselves. We have gradually found our comfort level with these inventions about us that have been apparently discovered by others. Very much like the dependancy on mobile phones, our lives have developed a certain dependancy on these inventions- in simple term 'opinions'.
The basic necessity for a person to realize he is kind is for people around him to tell him that. Also, if the world calls you crazy, you pretty much scrutinize every bit of your personality. I cannot blame anyone. Afterall who wants to be an outcast. We are social animals. We have set some standards of style and behaviour without which we are nothing more than a joke for the major cluster following it. We crave for social acceptance, we fear lonliness and accepting people's opnion of who we are doesn't seem to be a very high cost to pay. But, each one of us faces that one instant in life when we feel rejected. That intricate moment when we wish to truly understand ourselves. To realize that everything we did till today was not everything we always wanted to do. It is during that moment that we begin to re-discover ourselves. to give ourselves a chance to discover an opnion for ourselves and impose it on others.
Where everyone strives to be unique, accepting that you are like another takes courage. When you deny an opnion about yourself, you deny that very part of who you are. You know the problem with modifying an invention? You are always aware about the facts but you will never understand the gravity. Hypocrite, fake, imposter; whichever way i try to interpret it, i am very much a part of it. There are people like whom i wish to be. But, while i powder my face with that presentable look i also wish to stare at that person in the mirror and make sure that i have done enough to understand that single person in the mirror even if i am unable to grasp the jargons of the universe. It is one thing i would always do 'come what may'. I know i have to keep coming back to that person in the mirror, give him a chance and keep re-discovering myself.
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