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"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." – Oscar Wilde
How much of me have I lost trying to be all that is me, I have often wondered. What if for a period I could just be me without any pressure of being what I am supposed to be me? For a day, living life without having to worry about being a wife, a daughter, a friend, a citizen. Sheer anonymity, sounds like a fairy tale really when one’s entire life has been spent in Islamabad.
Would I still walk the walk and talk the talk that I have been walking and talking for the past 27 years? Why is there such a strong need to constantly fib and lie about our true selves constantly. Is the compromise worth it? Who started it anyway?
Do you ever ponder over this?
How much of me have I lost trying to be all that is me, I have often wondered. What if for a period I could just be me without any pressure of being what I am supposed to be me? For a day, living life without having to worry about being a wife, a daughter, a friend, a citizen. Sheer anonymity, sounds like a fairy tale really when one’s entire life has been spent in Islamabad.
Would I still walk the walk and talk the talk that I have been walking and talking for the past 27 years? Why is there such a strong need to constantly fib and lie about our true selves constantly. Is the compromise worth it? Who started it anyway?
Do you ever ponder over this?
3 comments:
The nature of humans is to gain acceptability by others so we try to deliver what society demands of us or try to conform to the set guidelines. In the process we loose ourselves coz we stop living but begin to behave the way others expect us to.
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know
what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog.
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