Being Human

I've said before that it's great that you are human. Embrace it. Wisdom doesn't preclude humanity. Anymore than bravery precludes fear. ~ Samir

Emotions and Emoticons

A few months back a friend commented on another friend's Facebook status. The comment was comical but it was a well disguised personal attack. 

We,as a society, have come to a point where we have multiple accounts online, but have lost online etiquette. In a discussion on Tumblr, some commentators kept going back to the value of words. In the past as is today, words created meanings and ideologies. 

Coming back to my friend, the comment was long forgotten but it was a personal attack nonetheless. If we are using words loosely, with no importance to meaning, how fickle are our relationships.

I see this happening in a lot of personal relationships where depiction of love and warmth is an emoticon. While the social media lover in me is going 'Yay!'(for all the buzz and social experiments) I hope we won't respond to a friend's personal tragedy with a frown. Rather with a hug and some warm words.

I keep reminding myself that these are just tools, not everything at all. 

Just to leave you with something silly  :) 

Emotion = emote + on

Emoticon = emote + con 

Our Universe

I walk aimlessly in the summer of your smile
see those crossroads?
I chose the one that has stories sprinkled on its sidewalks
When the conversation turns bleak
I look at the trees
They play placid tunes.
When the sparrows have sung their songs
I will have your whispers to listen to.
Sitting by the lake
I will create ripples to entertain
while you create art with twigs
when we get bored
we will come back to concrete
and savor our parallel universe

Love of the Unknown

One of those train journeys where I met Rachel, Karen and a guy called Jason Noronha. 

Three girls were discussing  random guys and how they found this Jason chap really cute. But they didn't want to date him because he was too popular! Enter Karen who hangs out with Jason because she wants to roam around with a good looking guy. Then Rachel who is part of this conversation and knows Jason from her Church decides to chip in with some church gossip about his elder sister. Which sort of stamps the seal of disapproval. Their primary approach was to mindlessly talk about someone and then pass judgement without knowing anything.

Over the years we (that includes me as well!) have assassinated so many characters that when someone else does it it feels weird. In retrospect every person has so many shades that it's impossible to be completely honest to every single person in our circles. That is my problem with righteous beings who consider honesty such a big deal. Who am I to expect honesty from anyone? Is it honesty if it is forced? Or if it is voluntary? 

On that note do we know ourselves at all? Do our closest friends know every little detail of our lives? 

I think the mystery of the unknown and the unexpected help us stay together. After all a lifetime is too short too know a person. I think that is the beauty of life.