That feeling of isolation when you realize no one is really understanding you and your explanations, however genuine, are falling on deaf ears! That you may well be on a different planet speaking in an alien language.
But, please don’t take it as an
offence or a slur on you. It is really not. For the most part, today, people’s
minds are buzzing so much with their own issues which they are trying hard to
conceal or deny, that genuine communication or empathy for that matter, eludes
them.
They are thinking west when you
are talking east. It would be funny if it were not sad!
It has become the norm to excel
in small talk “feel good” talk, as if the sugary words stem straight from a
glass of alcohol.
Sometimes, it is better not to
have too much awareness or understand too much! It kind of spoils you for
superficial fun. Nonsensical interaction which is not designed to make “sense”
in any remote way!
Our energies are spent more in
beating about the bush than take a straight path.
But, when it concerns a large number of people, I guess, salutary changes in the minority may not be visible unless many begin to adapt.
So here we are, each one of us believing that we are on the right track but the
tracks run parallel and so does communication become a casualty because there
is no meeting point.
Communicate with yourself
instead. Smile at these instances of being a chalk against cheese or cheese
against a chalk! It’s all the same ultimately. And anyway, the focus was always
YOU.
So, you can find yourself, your reality,
your peace within, and stop wondering about anything else.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
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