Shall we?

I am different now. I realise there are some things I really want in my life that I have not realised before. I am just not sure if it's possible anywhere in this world or in this day and age.

So we prioritise and ask ourselves what we really want but also what is right. And pray. Hopefully things fall into place and even though it may not turn out exactly as what one has intended, the most important thing is to be at peace with the decisions that we make.

Learn to let go of those who trespass us. Nothing is black and white. We are not perfect and everyone makes mistakes. Friends will wrong each other and so friends will wrong each other. But why hold on to animosity when our lives are already so much surrounded by hate.

And that is probably the thing that I have learnt time and time again while I have been here. We cannot split people into good or bad. And this lesson first begins with our parents, who once we may have seen as infallible; now have become humans too. The concept is not that difficult to understand but embracing the idea is a harder task which requires one to take leave of oneself. It is easy to judge someone by how they look, what they say or do and while in some cases it may hold some validity as to who they are; no one really knows the deepest desires of their souls.

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is suppose that they are like himself - Steinbeck.

We judge others using our own mirror. Of course we are bound to misunderstand. But how else shall we know of others, form an impression and shape our discourse with them? Too afraid to walk on unknown paths, so we create one that we know: formed by our own experiences and prejudices and unknowingly put ourselves in a position to not know a person.

Oh the maladies of the human mind. So many misgivings and insecurities: shall we ever put them to rest?

Shall we cease to give in to our fears and find other ways to express who we are? Not by the music we listen to or the clothes we wear or the jobs we pursue or the people we associate with - just little material things we adorn ourselves as a representation of who we are or what we want people to think of us.

If every physical aspect of us somehow dissolved into this mass of uniformity, shall we then do away with the nonsense of small talk and learn to know each other?

Shall we learn to see each other without preconceived ideas and shall we play in the sun with the yellow wildflowers, singing at the top of our lungs?

Shall we my friend? Shall we?