My world

Living in a world of our own.

This doesnt just apply to withdrawn, lonely and self-centered people with no friends. Sometimes we get too tuned out in our own world. We are too comfortable at our little corner. By that, I dont mean the occasional daydream or fantansy moments. But rather, we refuse to see what others see. We cover our ears and pretend to listen. We have an innate capability to dismiss respect for anything that requires some degree of sacrifice and courage to embark on.

Why? Is it because that by stepping out of our comfort zone, we would be threatened by what we judge?

I used to get irritated if I came across comments like these:

1. I didnt believe you'd be in civil service. it's one of those jobs that's so easy to get into as a fresh graduate.
ermm.. (Ms Shake-the-World Babe, by the way, got her first job through a friend's relative's referral)

2. So you are in health promotion. Do you need to, like, eat two apples and hit the gym everyday?
HA HA. Could pass off as a bleak ice-breaking attempt at first introduction. But as a standard greeting? Could she have done better?!

That pissed me off, but now makes me laugh.

I see it as a dumb remark from an insensitive but lucky pea brain. Why do I give a shit about what she says? She's obviously not thinking!

People form judgement on things they dont understand, on choices that were never presented to them. In my generation's definition of independence and hard work, some of my peers believe that starting a new life or career in foreign land is a good measure of survival instincts and adaptibility. Well, you talk about means to survival only in the army or on reality TV. As for adaptibility... it's not an option actually.

In Season II of 24, a dying George Mason was trying to persuade Jack Bauer to let him take over the suicide mission. Mason told Bauer to bail out, live on, finish the rest of the mission, fix the mess in his life, make it up to his daughter... and face his late wife, and continue serving his country well. That, I believe took more courage than the blaze and glory that followed diving of the plane carrying a nuclear bomb into desert land.

In life, the challenge and the tough part is not about roughing it out OUT THERE, my friend. It takes more than anyone can see or imagine, trying to make a difference in a seemingly stagnant place called home.