People meet,
people talk, people hurt, people fight, people cry, people criticize, people
laugh, people enjoy, they help each other because each and every one of them
has got something in it for himself or herself. It is not for the betterment of
the group, but everyone does whatever he or she does - just for his own self
and, read my words, not for anyone
else at all. It all boils down to the fact that it
is your own life my dear friend, you make it or break it, you win or lose
in it, you earn respect for yourself and you lose your own name and no one
else's. Then why live just to 'put a smile on that face'? Why!? Why all these
smiling masks when everyone knows that the other person functions in the same
way as the said individual do?
I will tell
you why. It is only because it is a social world where a guy lives to see smile
on a girl's face just because he wants to get 'something' from this (Read : Her), a parent
figure lives to see their child prosper so that their child help them in their
old age, a brother lives so that his brother succeeds and helps him back in
future, a sister, a friend, a mentor, a student, a colleague, a shop-keeper, a
vendor and even a stranger live their life just because they have to have
something in return from the person in front of them. Take it for you only. Do
you have a single friend whom you meet and talk just for the fun and pleasure
it gives to you. Never have you asked for any help or grace from your friend?
Don’t you want something in return for the time you spend in your so-called
‘friendship’? If the answer is yes, then it is not my defeat, you should realize that either he/she is taking
benefit of you or it is a short time before you do the same. If your answer is
no, you second me.
I don't want
to say that one has to be selfish in the present world. One also does not have
to be completely selfless. But one has to change the mixture of these two
qualities every now and then to SURVIVE in this world. To LIVE, is another thing. Let’s
talk about it some other time. Cheers :)
4 comments:
Its easier said than done. In the process, most of the people end up being too selfish (like my blogger friend here) or too selfless.
@Anonymous : True that. I agree with you. Being selfish or selfless is a choice driven by lots and lots of dynamic factors. The decision taken might not always prove/seem correct in the long run.
I so wish you should have written this post a couple of years back.. BTW agreed to your point that its all about the choices we make..but the choices here we are talking about is meeting the right people. YES many of us do like to be around a bunch of people where we can stay what we are,we love to be around people JUST for fun and pleasure because of the above said reason. cant disagree more my friend.
@Anonymous : I get your point but don't you think that choosing the people with whom you can really be what you are is a difficult task? It might come with time as to with whom you can really be what you are, and with whom you can not. I hope we understand each other's different stand for the same point.
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