Being one with all
Fitting in is.. being one with all
At our age and at all ages “fitting in” is one of the most comfortable feelings one can have. And to fit in one often goes well beyond his means. Yes, people would think this comes from a peer pressurised teenager’’“I am an 18 year old however the rest is for you to decide. But can you honestly tell yourself that you wouldn’t mind not having RELATIVELY decent people’s company and shunned into a particular ”society”. If you can , you would be called secure. Very few people are secure about everything and they are not classified as human beings.
The reason I write this article is, after living in Mumbai for nearly my entire life, I am forced into what I initially looked upon as a hellhole. This hellhole as I then saw is Delhi. My attitude soon changed ’’..the reason being I found people like me. I fitted in. Life has changed a lot especially when frantic parents and grandparents think that, at the strike of 8 (p.m.), terrorists are out on the streets, ready to kidnap, rape or kill anyone they see.
Still, why do I complain? Probably because I understood how far people push just to fit in. Eventually, just to be amongst people they want they start changing themselves. It all starts with the initial pretence like, “oh! I too love that song”, when what actually runs through your mind is “Ugh! how can anybody listen to boybands?”. Gradually you forget what you like or it gets lost amongst the varied disgusting things you’ve forced yourself to appreciate. All of a sudden you have changed. You look at your old photographs and then begin to wonder ifwhat you wore then is you or what you wear presently is you.
In that confusion you end up spending valuable time and then ultimately consider yourself a failure at the easiest thing = being yourself.
If you can actually pretend & still maintain your individuality you reach the epitome of “social life” by adding on one important ingredient, the art of making “feel good” conversation. Not just GAB but your conversation must have the “caring touch” which has to be well high-lighted .It hardly matters if you couldn’t give a damn if the person died that instant BUT you must be able to make them feel as though without them your tomorrow would never materialise.
With all this pretence are YOU really the one fitting in or is it the character you’ve created who is enjoying your WELL CHOSEN company
What stayed with you?
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What I liked about this article was the thinking that must have gone behind writing it. Not everyone thinks about such things as the meaning of "I" and the importance of knowing yourself and your attitudes. That you have thought about it and figured out the meaning and that too so early in life really gladdened my heart. Don't stop thinking, whatever others might tell you. :-) [ Reply to this ]
very nice article. me too wonders why mob doesn't understands the "I". [ Reply to this ] From manashwi's desk Email manashwi 1 2 3 4 5 Total 0 ratings. Home | Post Article | General Musings | Slice Of Life | Humor | People | Wanderlust | Sports | Short Stories | Long Stories | Poetry | Book Reviews | eBooks | Devil's Dictionary | Borrowed Best:Articles | Borrowed Best:Stories | Borrowed Best:Poetry | Quick Links | Feedback if ((navigator.appVersion.substring(0,1) '); } All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective companies. Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest ©2000 Live2Read var site="sm3l2r" None