by Tipu Salman Makhdoom
I have an email account, a facebook account, a twitter account, and now a blog (all of these free though). I send a lot of emails, even more tweets, further more facebook status updates and sharings, and on top of all that, now I want to write blogs. Why?
To be honest, I don't know. As a spy character in the Hollywood movie "Shall We Dance" beautifully described 'life partner' as a person we want to have as a witness of our lives, because we don't want our lives to go un-noticed; I guess I also want to be noticed--witnessed--heard.
Above all, understood!
Understood? Does it have something in common with 'sharing'? Makes a lot of sense. Can I understand someone without sharing his/her perspective? Can I understand why a suicide bomber kills innocent children in the name of God without sharing his dreams about the decrees from God? Can I understand Israeli occupation without sharing Jewish insecurities of Medieval English injustices, Spanish inquisitions & Holocaust? Can I understand why Stephen Hawking is trying to understand universe from his wheelchair without first sharing his excitement on being alive with a consciousness? I doubt.
I want to share everyone's perspective; everyone's including mine, yours, and God's because I want to understand, and in the process, be understood. To be understood I want to be shared. And to be shared, I want to be heard.
Hear me, I exist!
Congratulations...you are heard...quite loud I must say...its good to share your views and perspectives it widens the horizon but honestly sometimes some views and thoughts are better left unshared and may be that's why some people do not share their perspectives with others for good or bad
ReplyDeleteThe only other option left is to keep yourself to yourself and die out unnoticed. I agree that sharing should be selective, but again only if you have the option.
ReplyDeleteMany a times, sharing your views indiscriminately functions as a tool to attract like minded.