Do This! Think That! Buy Those!
by On the human condition.
Modern life is dehumanising us all.
We are being screwed and we are not happy!
Basically we are all caring, feeling, intelligent humans who need consideration, appreciation, understanding and loving simply for who we are…faults and all.
We are constantly being led astray by society’s expectations…we must behave a certain way, dress a certain way, make ourselves attractive at any cost…buy, buy, BUY!
It really is all a ‘con’. We know this because even when we do all these things and play the game we are still not happy. There is something missing in our lives. In fact it’s not really missing, it has just been buried so deep that we can’t see it anymore because of all the insulation.
When are we truly happy and content?…when we can simply be ourselves (no game playing) and be appreciated for ourselves and have caring people respond to us with something as simple as a smile or a hug.
We need touching! Not touching as a means to an end, but ‘non-expectant’ touching…caring touching of one human being to another.
We are also happiest when when we laugh and smile. We deserve fun in life as well as the chores. Let’s put some fun back in and help rebalance the scales.
We must also stop doing for others all the time and feel strong enough to ask someone to do something for us…however small. And receive it with joy without feeling the need to pay for it or return the favour. Our basic human instinct is to give without thought of receiving and receive without thought of having to give back.
Society though has put all sorts of strings on this basic act so that simple acts of giving…smiles, touches, small gifts etc, become loaded with guilt, embarrassment, expectation, suspicion, misinterpretation…so that the pure simplicity of the act is lost.
Let’s just ‘BE’ ourselves for a change.
Let’s enjoy!
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