What are you made off?

Have anyone taken a roller coaster? Have you been to those run of the mill type of roller coaster where they just basically swing you wildly and that's about it- and you have never visited those at Universal Studios- and then they tell you that this is as good as it get. You had a good time and you never question because whether there are better roller coaster out there- because well, you really had a good time.

One day, you sat on this roller coaster that no one has ever sat before and it was a ride that was so exhilarating that when you go back to your common roller coaster, you really felt short changed. When everyone tries to convince you that this roller coaster that we have here is the best, and then you screamed to their head, it is not true then, all other experiences must be compared with that one roller coaster ride isn't it.

Cynicism's is not bred from apathy, it is bred from seeing other's from inside out which one can relate to. It has nothing to do with being tired or experienced or just condescending.

It is precisely because we have seen what life can bring that we see the futility of the life of many other's. On the other hand, we do not despise the way that other's live but rather empathize with the quality of the life that they have lived.

Many have mistaken life is enjoyment and moralizing is simply a hindrance on the guilty pleasures that life can bring. Trust me, you can take that same roller coaster ride every single day and enjoy that moment as often as you like and that I would still tell you the same thing. It is not because I am not convinced, it is just that if life is only about experience than let me tell you- there is always better ones out there. You can stand in your roller coaster and laughed all those scared little people afraid to take this thrill but I can tell you that it is not about sitting in that roller coaster that matters.

But it is about walking to the roller coaster when you are scared that matters. It is not about banning all roller coasters because it disrupts productive life but rather about how you walk up to circus master and tell him to stop. It never did involved any roller coaster in the first place.

I have seen many a people who have stood on roller coaster and laughed at the cowardice of everyone else. I have seen people standing outside the circus and protesting against their existence. But most of all I have seen the most is that of people looking at the ruckus caused and just watched. That is apathy.

Many people have mistaken quality of life with enjoyment of life. Many have swing so much to either end that they think decadence is the one way and another believes that living a moral right is the right way. Either way requires you to look at life straight in the eye and tell it what you want to do. The other way would be to just look away and pretend that someone knows it better than yourself what is life about.

Not everyone can be a star on a big stage but everyone can be a star of their own life- that much is pretty clear. Living vicariously through another person, entity or abstract concept just means that you allow someone else to take over your life. But are you ready for that yourself in the first place?

I'll leave it to you to decide.

Eugene