Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
"There's is no good or bad. In conclusion, there only exists conviction and conception. It is all a matter of belief and mind. Do not be mistaken. There is no absolute.
I dislike people who try their means to coerce others into believing in their ideals. People are entitled to their own world, their own reality. Don't go spoiling it for them. There is no greater sin on this earth than the act of forcing unto others a conformity.
Nationalism, piety, morals, law.
Controls inserted seemingly at random into society which run a seamless control system serving to protect the top level of society. The people who fear the emergence of radical bodies, people not unlike themselves, who in ages past rose against their predecessors.
People like me.
Poeple who refuse to take in their lies unquestioningly.
This will always form a never ending loop. The future will upsurp the past. That has and will always be an unchanging fact, and so, it is inevitable that the present will fear the potential of the future to remove them from their position of comfort.
They once fought the past, and now, they try to oppress the future.
It is futile.
For in the end, there is only Life and Death."A post that "never was". Not posted on this blog, for I believed it too controversial a view that should possibly be contemplated by me. Also, a view that should be privy to select few.
The naiviety and insensitivity of that thought simply astounds me. Freedom of speech my dears. Ever so often, people stifle meaningful thoughts, and bury truths they would find socially unacceptable to express.
I wonder, how socially acceptable must one be? Must we strive to the good person and the hero for all our lives? Afterall, these societal norms are imposed upon us, not a "birth-right". I have tried living as a "socially accceptable" person in NTU, yet I still stick out like a sore thumb. I can be the gentleman whilst being politically correct and understanding to all my friends, but it betrays the real me. Being the model citizen would eventually drive me to apathy. Being yourself versus being Mr. Correct.
The realization is that being Mr Correct ends up making you Mr Wrong. There's too many considerations, numerous permutation and countless variables that simply makes it improbable to do things right every time.
Being yourself equally hard. People fear showing their true colours to the world, afterall, we have our insecurities our fears and expectations. Thus, people put on masks and walk upon a stage. Wilde said that people tend to reveal their self only when they are not their self.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." ~Oscar Wilde
We do not want to disappoint, thus, we try hard to "be". However, in "being" we often forget ourselves, we foget who we are and lose all inkling of our basic principles that constitute our personality and character. When given the opportunity of annonimity, who could be blamed for eagerly taking the offer?
When all is said and done, if you cannot live with yourself, then who shall? We must be comfortable with our real self.
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Seuss
---Mood: Enlightened?
Location: Hall 16
Listening to: Taiyou no uta - Karu Amane
Gavin
pondered @ 01:51
