The old, dusty fan that hung high above was creaking away. It was like a musical addition to the humidity which was beyond its reach. Sweat dripped from my forehead and my neck and slowly I felt my pillow getting wet. I looked helplessly at the fan. The humid silence of the night was pierced by a shrill phone ring.
Now, the call was my father's. The call lasted five minutes but got me thinking for a lot more. It got me thinking about the fact that we, all of us, are in this world to act. As Shakespeare had discovered then, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." I have discovered it now.
My dad casually asked me the usual stuff. I replied in the usual, happy way. After all he was sitting miles away and could not do shit about anything, could he?
Even with our near and dear ones, we need to act. Whether we like it or not, we need to act!
So, aren't all of us just looking for excuses or cop outs? The world is a stage because we are all happily acting. Judging the mind of the other person is so damn difficult, be it anyone, someone you have known for ages. You can just get close but never fully map the responses of a human being.
We are all just living a life that even we don't comprehend. We are acting with this person and that and in the end we don't even know who we started out the acting with. We are a restricted species. Man's mind is his most powerful possession. With the power comes confusion and that is where we have ended up.
We are a confused species and we don't know what to do. Why would we have tailor made reactions to situations otherwise? Why would we try and live a scripted life otherwise?
There are codes set by society and all we do is follow them. We ACT in this way in this situation and in that way in that situation.
No wonder movie making is such a big business today! :)
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