Queen sang "too much love will kill u", and sometimes I feel too many expectations will kill me too.
My life has become a struggle just trying to prove myself again and again. And due to the expectations heaped upon me, this world is making me do things I never wanted to and all my passions are left orphaned. So I guess in a few years I'll be a perfect prototype of a normal man, just another brick in the wall..
But something tells me thats not what i wanted, I’d rather be a pebble on the shore, with the waves washing over me when the tide is high, and regaining my shine when the sun is out. The cycle goes on and I start gradually dissolving into the sea in a union for eternity.
But the idea of just being as a cog in the wheel doesn’t appeal to me much, when every step I take is governed by the other cogs too as they depend on me for their movement..i feel impaired, as if someone has tied down my wings just because they don't want to fly, and they put their deepest fears in me. And here I am, a very reasonable man who hasn't done any justice to the talents he has got (said in all modesty), and I really feel as if I have let myself down in more ways than one, so I guess everyone's happy now.
I am just another brick in the wall...
What stayed with you?
A line that lingered, a feeling, a disagreement. Great comments are as valuable as the original piece.
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Hey strider ! It seems all of us are burdened by this expectations of the world. Most of us feel this but then why can't we shrug this burden off. It's us who are letting ourselves tangled in this cobweb. Throw away your chains of reason and your prison disappears. Just that you should have the courage to do so.
dear, I respect your views and your stand. But an article like this can be jotted down due to two reasons. One, that you are for yourself and you are not interested in what people think of you and you don't want to prove anything to them. This seems to be your case. The other one is your inability, you perform under expectations most of the time and then you write down an article to reason out and defend yourself. You seem to be genuine and its good that you identify yourself. Then waiting for what? go on, nobody can stop you, and find satisfaction for yourself.
"One, that you are for yourself and you are not interested in what people think of you and you don't want to prove anything to them. This seems to be your case." yeah man, that is precisely my case..and I live for myself 'coz there is no one more worth living for..begging hearts and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more. Well I know they have always told u selfishness was wrong, but it is for me, not u that I am writing this stuff. U can tell me I got no class, but look around, u see who's laughing last..dont give me speeches 'coz they r so droll!!! LEAVE ME ALONE AND LET ME ROCK AND ROLL....THATS ALL I ASK..dont take out ur insecurities on me, please...
hey strider, know ur place in life is where u want to be, dont let them you that you owe it all to me keep on looking forward ,no use in looking around; hold tour head above the ground; and they wont bring u down.. and guys dont tell me what a brilliant piece i have written,it aint mine..taken from rush's "anthem"
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