Sunday, August 21, 2005
Rediscovering the whys...
Before i begin, i have to thank edmund for the countless number of times he has given to me to ponder upon many things, with new directives and initaitives...Yes, this entry is inspired by him...'... have you ever woken up, not knowing if your memories are recollections of actual past events, or a figment of your imagination/dreams? The lines of reality blurred like a drawing smudged...' Ed, 20/8.
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Who actually has the time to think about why we are doing what we are doing? And the courage to break free from doing what we don't want to do?
The awakening of our drunken souls-- reaching for the lost minds led wanderless by our pace of living, which has left us to forget our purpose and existence. Humans are supposed to have a powerful mind, aren't we? Yet we are weak to even dictate the kind of life we really want...powerless to go against the norm (conformation of societal norms), which ironically, was initially set for the betterment of our lives...
Till today, many may be programmed to be like a mindless robot which asks no questions...no questions as to what we live for..Great, we have been promoted, from being a 'who' to a 'which'...and mind you, robots are getting intelligient by the day...
Why do we often go with the tide? Are we scared of the seemingly insurmountable orthodox set upon the individuals by our society? Or did we try, but each time we end up failing?
Why..is living supposed to be as such? It seems, i must admit, i fall prey too...to the societal stress...A mind game...or something more?
by xiaojia at 5:45 PM |
4 Comments:
Let me present a single premise, single sided argument. =)
I believe that to have the courage to break free from societal norms in pursue of what you really want, it would require that you actually know what you actually want in the first place. With certainty. With faith.
Only then would you have the strength to meet whatever resistance in that path. It's likely that midway, you would b assailed by doubts - Is this really what I want? Is my faith but blind, fueled by not wanting my past efforts to be in vain? If the doubts overwhelm, are you not back at square one - travelling along a path you dislike?
Then, would you change path again? How long before you crumble, unable to withstand the strain and pain of the misguided paths? How long before you surrender to the norm? How long before you become lost about what you want?
I think it may be easy to decide what we do not want. But it's not as easy to decide, what then, do we want. And for this reason, many of us would rather wander along a familiar path, undertaken by many others before, than risk trudging a more difficult new path, that may not promise greater rewards after all...
What is ur belief then?
I believe that it has become hard for us to know what we actually want.
It is not just that we may not have time/will to think bout what we want. Also, when we do think bout it, there isn't a definite conclusion. This I blame on our Science education/mindset, which makes us come to an answer only when you can show/prove it. And because it is impossible to have sufficient data to show for sure that something is indeed what you wish for, results are inconclusive. So I guess the search for some can be a lifetime thing. In this aspect, I think that Arts students might b able to come to a more decisive conclusion.
How bout you? You've raised numerous questions, what do you believe to b the answers to them?
My answers? What do you think?
Happy and being in contention...More importantly, i need to ask if i am happy..and to balance it wif realism...diffcult sia...if i could have done it, i would have shared how happy i was, instead of thinking over...the feel would be like what u said...
'How I envy those who possess it. How I despise the naivety of those who possess it. '
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