Just a Thought

Just had a really thought-provoking....er...thought. In school this morning. It's probably been mentioned by psychologists or philosophers many times, but I just thought I'd put it down anyway.

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Erm....I don't know how to say it.

I was just thinking out of my body....that is, I looked upon my life as a spectator, like I was watching myself. It felt strangely distant, and got me thinking.

We go about our business everyday, not giving a thought to what we do or why we do it. Well, perhaps we do think about it, but we don't really probe further.

I'll just say that everything we do is for other people. Forget what psychiatrists say about peer pressure and all, but this is different. I mean, everything we do, although we may think it's for ourselves (we are mistaken) is actually according to what other people think we should do. We think that way, because we've lived here all our lives and it's been drilled into our heads (by other people), dictated to us by society: what's right, what's wrong, what's acceptable, what's total outcast material.

Isn't it strange, the lengths we go to for other humans? I mean, everything we do is according to human standards. Every thought we think, every action, every sentence was planted by humans.

Oh yea, I forgot, we are humans!

Anyway, just to make my point, f0r instance :

Students (like me :D) study for good results. If you asked a student why, he / she would say, "Oh, for myself, my future, of course!"

But who determines her future? (I mean, besides the Lord).
Who sets the standard for her "successful" future?

Other people.

Society has a definite definition, certain criteria to fulfill and countless rules for those who are considered successful and worth respect. As for these "successful" people, their every move is watched unceasingly (or is it incessantly? you know what I mean). They don't have a single private moment and the minute they make a single mistake, it's published all over the world for millions of people to read. Argh.

Makes you wonder huh, is being "successful" really all it's cracked up to be?

Anyway, as I was saying, (I seem to have gone a little off topic) our minds are totally shaped by other people around us. You gripe at the preposterous decisions the government has made, weep silent tears at the romantic, tragic ending of Tristan and Isolde, scream about how totally hot Orlando Bloom is *giggles* , proclaim true love for your career etc..

Well, the first instance was most probably because you, like your fellow colleagues, have that human sense and love of career drilled into you by other humans. The other instances was probably because you hang out with other teenage girls who are great drama queens tend to be very emotional (speaking from the point of view of a teenage girl).

Our entire lives lie in other people's hands.
Makes you think twice about smiling at that stranger in the street huh? For all you know, that smile could change his life.

Yeah, right.

"My fate in in your hands." --- Min Ru.