Cast Away.... The starting is pretty abrupt,for that matter the whole write up is going to be that, please do put up with it. Guess I just cant stop speaking things out or be very unscrupulous even for the sake of a public blog. But I sure will try my best to be as subtle as possible. For those of you who thought this might be along the lines of escaping from a ship or being stranded in an island, I am sorry but this is going to be a disappointment. I wanted the title to be "outcast" but then it was... it was not as subtle you see :) So it became this ethereal cast away. Now you must get some kind of idea of what this is going to be and for many of you who don't believe in the same things as I do, the demeanor might as well seem outrageous.So, I would suggest you rather stop here than continue and get to unsolicited opinions.
Thinking of the good old days, when i was in school, there was always this distinction between people. Distinction based on their distinction. Anyone who could muster up a 95+ in exam was very good. Anyone who tops the class is the best. He is the guy who is most sought after by everyone, be it the teachers or seniors or his fellow classmates. He would have this elite gang of friends. No one in the gang would score anything less than a 90. And, if by any chance they do, they are looked down upon and loose the status to be a part of the coterie. These guys would be the best in so many other things too be it books or sports or dramatics or oratory. Every other guy would be trying to get into that better part of the class. Of course, who did not want their names uttered by teachers every third minute of class or pampered by seniors or be the one looked up to by the peers. Many of us would have noticed that these guys would never want to be associated with this supposedly lower strata of the class. They don't have to even care to be nice to others, anyway people are all over them. You see, they are the cherished people.
You grow up, come out of school, get into some reputed college or start to work and go on. Actually, you grow up, become more matured, get to see a lot of life, gain worldly knowledge, get seasoned and then you realize.. realize all that you had been led to believe when you were a kid was actually kiddish if not beguile. Yes, it is exactly the antithetical that happens. You are so used to being the Prince, for you always deserved to be that. You want to continue with it and you just sweat and slog your guts out to be it. But the response that you receive, would be nothing near appreciation or support, and so many times not even acknowledgment. Yes, you got it right. It would be pretty sass. That would be the same from so many people, be it your peer or higher. You get treated the very way you just don't deserve to be.Hardly does anyone recognize the magnanimity of what you did. You wont be able to find a rhyme or reason to why. You struggle again but it just does not work out. Then, after lot a dejection you come to terms with reality. You realize.... You are an outcast.
So, why does it happen? Why should it be the exact opposite of how it happened to you when you were a kid? Not because thats not what is expected of you any longer, nor because you went wrong, not because you did not toil enough, not because you did not get it right, not because you were bad to people. You did it right. You have been good to everyone. You got an outcome better than expected. Conquered something that has been a chimera to everyone.You have proved your might. You were wonderful, scintillating and much more. You got what you deserved when you were a kid because people around you were pure(come on.. notice the subtlety). Now.. the hostility is not because you were wrong, people are surly not because you missed something genial out on your way to success, people are inimical not because you made a mistake. All of it is because..
You just made them realize....What they can not be.......
Thinking of the good old days, when i was in school, there was always this distinction between people. Distinction based on their distinction. Anyone who could muster up a 95+ in exam was very good. Anyone who tops the class is the best. He is the guy who is most sought after by everyone, be it the teachers or seniors or his fellow classmates. He would have this elite gang of friends. No one in the gang would score anything less than a 90. And, if by any chance they do, they are looked down upon and loose the status to be a part of the coterie. These guys would be the best in so many other things too be it books or sports or dramatics or oratory. Every other guy would be trying to get into that better part of the class. Of course, who did not want their names uttered by teachers every third minute of class or pampered by seniors or be the one looked up to by the peers. Many of us would have noticed that these guys would never want to be associated with this supposedly lower strata of the class. They don't have to even care to be nice to others, anyway people are all over them. You see, they are the cherished people.
You grow up, come out of school, get into some reputed college or start to work and go on. Actually, you grow up, become more matured, get to see a lot of life, gain worldly knowledge, get seasoned and then you realize.. realize all that you had been led to believe when you were a kid was actually kiddish if not beguile. Yes, it is exactly the antithetical that happens. You are so used to being the Prince, for you always deserved to be that. You want to continue with it and you just sweat and slog your guts out to be it. But the response that you receive, would be nothing near appreciation or support, and so many times not even acknowledgment. Yes, you got it right. It would be pretty sass. That would be the same from so many people, be it your peer or higher. You get treated the very way you just don't deserve to be.Hardly does anyone recognize the magnanimity of what you did. You wont be able to find a rhyme or reason to why. You struggle again but it just does not work out. Then, after lot a dejection you come to terms with reality. You realize.... You are an outcast.
So, why does it happen? Why should it be the exact opposite of how it happened to you when you were a kid? Not because thats not what is expected of you any longer, nor because you went wrong, not because you did not toil enough, not because you did not get it right, not because you were bad to people. You did it right. You have been good to everyone. You got an outcome better than expected. Conquered something that has been a chimera to everyone.You have proved your might. You were wonderful, scintillating and much more. You got what you deserved when you were a kid because people around you were pure(come on.. notice the subtlety). Now.. the hostility is not because you were wrong, people are surly not because you missed something genial out on your way to success, people are inimical not because you made a mistake. All of it is because..
You just made them realize....What they can not be.......
2 comments:
Good writing :) But I am afraid your perspective may be wrong. Because, not in every case, the situation is like yours. If you want to taste an exotic dish, you have to be prepared to face the consequences. That is atleast what life has taught me.
Otherwise, your vocabulary is simply amazing :) Keep it up.
Thx a lot. May be its just that our perspectives differ coz its not that its my situation but i do know many who do feel it all. I would suggest you read Atlas Shrugged which might help you get what i am talking about.
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