This isn't so much about common things which everyone else understands and appreciates - its more about those which may and do often appear beyond comprehension.
There are things we do under duress (most of the time). Peer pressure, parental pressure, "ego-induced/feel good" pressure etc. But then there are also things which we really want to do for ourselves - this is not the go talking, be rest assured.
Many a times, I've left things undone or unsaid as doing or saying something about them would mean some form of inconvenience or "fighting" which translates into having to explain and justify the deeds to someone I consider totally out of my world. But there are time when I just cannot NOT do those things even if it means having to practice my skills at getting others to see them in the same light I do.
The rest of you would have encountered this at one stage or another. Some of you may be called rebellious. Others probably eccentric or words more unkind than that. End of the day, who cares! Its our OWN lives which we own. And we owe it to OURSELVES to do what we want - short of killing the neighbourhood bully or inconsiderate brat.
The sense of achievement from doing what one wants to do for oneself, rather than what others would like to see you doing for yourself is something immeasurable and indescribable. Have you tried it? You should!
"Life's filled with indiscretions", I was told. But who's to judge what falls beyond the line of indiscretion? I'm not talking about faithful (supposedly) spouses or lovers cheating on their counterparts. Neither am I talking about those who drink one drink above the legal limit and hoping that they won't stray into the path of the police spot check.
At any or some stage in our lives, we must feel like doing something which is against the norm, or rather the norm at that moment we carry out those deeds. Like holding a girl's hand fondly when we're walking out of the schoolyard, something like that. What constitutes the "norm" anyway? Did we conjure and convince ourselves that "that" IS the norm? Or is it something we "think" others will accept as the norm?
I'm ot trying to preach rebellion. I'm just asking all of you who're are reading this to think a bit harder about the implications on trying to "conform" with norms. Does that mean giving up on our obligation to live life to its fullest?
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