FOOD FOR THOUGHT
A s a matter of fact, it is important that
everyone wears this one piece of jewelry
– a smile. Hang on, does it matter? It
does. We all happen to meet a lot of
people, a routine none can surpass unless
in a psychological observation asylum.
The
stereotypical
consuetude
of
expecting a positive vibe from everyone
has, in a manner, made the idea of “a
mask” necessary. When a person wears
the best of ornaments, we feel cozy in
their presence. This has turned into a
praxis.
Do we try to understand what the other
person actually feels, beneath the mask?
Life is an infinite experience, unique in
every way. With the world driven by the
thirst for superiority over life forms, it
has almost forgotten the meaning of
benevolence. The ability to think, the
ability to express, and the gift of a smile
– every single aspect that makes
ourselves superior according to us, is a
way to ensconce our fragility, I would
say.
We classify life forms and declare
ourselves superior to all. Above all, we
still accept it. Could there be someone
more ignorant than us?
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Taking the entire cosmos into
consideration,
we
live
on
an
infinitesimally minute segment called
Earth. Within Earth, we are further
insignificant
in
existence
when
compared to the cosmos, but together
all these insignificant forms of life,
infinite in number constitutes the
cosmos.
At an elemental perspective, we are
made of atoms forming complex
machinery with molecular homeostasis
called a cell. These cells build up into a
tissue then into an organ and with
communication among different organs
they make a functional human.
When a human tries to understand and
learn
about
everything
in
his
surroundings, in actuality, it is the atoms
that
are
trying
to
understand
themselves. We are just a tool with
which they try to learn about their
pleomorphism, but are still made up of
them.
Let us rethink “Is the praxis of
ensconcing what we feel with a smile
correct?”.