I have decided that rather being my usual ignorant self, I’ll change to become an observer and understand the so-called "subtleties".Since the past few days, I have been making an effort to understand a few people around me and am trying to become a lot more aware. Everyday I see this guy at the station with really big boots with his laces open, with a giant dollar sign belt which rotates arbitrarily each time he moves, torn and tattered jeans which I thought for sure were borrowed from a coal miner in the 70’s and a baseball cap pointing westward. I sometimes wonder if I am from the same era or am absolutely oblivious about fashion and its vagaries. And the answer was always the latter. Emulating someone, rather than being oneself were unequivocal signs of attention seeking behaviour in my opinion. It is ubiquitous, omnipresent. Colouring my hair green just because some ‘cuckoo’ on Television lost his marbles or piercing my nipples just because ‘crazy-Joe’ believes in pain being the allayer does manifest how low my self-esteem is. In a bid to be distinct from the pack, we make efforts towards being somebody whose vague image is embedded in our mindset. It shows that since I am not contended with myself, I would rather not be me and be someone who I think is cool. The examples are innumerable.Maybe knowing oneself better should help in making the right choices.It should keep you away from the ‘pea-brains’ who think they are different who in actuality are clueless about themselves and their standing in the society.
Cheers!
