Is it indecent to be happy?
To be happy from within.
To be happy inspite of the world around.
To be happy for reasons not stated by the society.
To be happy shamelessly.
Every time I enter into the other side of the world, people look at me like something’s wrong with me. Like my senses are not in the order.
They are curious as to how or why am I happy.
They not only wonder but ask me “Is everything alright?"
They don't believe it when I say yes.
They question as to how is it possible?
They dispute the purpose of my life.
They challenge the credibility of my happiness.
They find my life incomplete and are very keen on completing it for me.
And as years have passed by, my reactions to this world has evolved. Initially I used to get angry, agitated; but now I find it amusing, intriguing to see how they judge me. I am no longer offended by what they say, I just don’t care enough anymore. Neither do I blame them for how they treat me. They have known happiness in a certain form. And they have decided that’s how it should be for everyone.
What they fail to understand is, we have over 7 billion people in this world, each one of them is different and unique. But in the process of fitting in to a generic system of life and happiness, most of them are living a lie not even knowing it’s a lie. How can everyone be happy in the same way when the creator himself hasn’t created us similar? But this is something I have not been successful in getting across to even the people I love and who matter. So, I obviously have stopped putting in any effort for rest of the world around this topic.
So yeah, on this side of the world, it is indecent to be happy the way I am. And every time I visit the civilization, I am knocked into the realization that the world I believe I am part of in my own ways is just a very small fraction of the whole actual world out there, and this vast majority does not agree with my way of life. But I believe it's okay. They are entitled to their views as I am to mine. And they will have to tolerate me, learn to accept me, because I am no longer fitting in, I am way past that stage. Now I stand out and there's no hiding from that fact, neither for me, nor for them.
Hence, I continue to be happy and do indecently, shamelessly wear it on my face.
Hence, I continue to be happy and do indecently, shamelessly wear it on my face.
Wah! 😄
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