I am Me

Can’t we live without primal prejudices and shallow stereotyping?

Today I was kindly introduced to a key member of an organization, whose first line of her self-introductory was “come and join us”. I was utterly shocked; I froze for about a tenth of a second. Trying to hide my surprise and keep up my courtesy, I sent her a sheer smile and gave out a ‘maybe’ gesture.

There was no harm on her line, no self-indulging or any hint of self-superiority whatsoever. But whatever happened to “hi, how are you?”, or “nice to meet you, where are you from?” or “what do you do?”.

Whatever happened to the basic conversational skills, and the common courtesy of communication? Why do people need to ‘group’ others to a certain race, belief, or even sexual preference?

Is it a grueling thing for the twenty-first century dwellers to accept an individual as is? In a highly evolved society, where nations are civilized and independently administrated, even the most individual soul is categorized into a certain group.

Nomad, melancholic, anti-social, boat-rocker,...

and many more names that supposedly can describe the many characteristics within a unique individual. Do you think it’s wise to see someone as an Aquarian, or Libran, or a Horse or Dog and judge their characteristics according to the ‘groups’ that they belong to?

I’d say, nay.

”My songs are not clear, and many could not hear

It is engraved in silence, and to listen you don’t need an ear

I’m more than a canvas, you’d have to go deep through them

And once you can infiltrate the covers, I’m all yours to keep.”

JK