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Feel vs Think.
There's a progression, naturally, as we grow up, from small to-be-nurtured babies into thhe ones doing the actual nurturing. Our brains get bigger, and so does the heart (or so I think). Yet somehow the proportion of how we use our emotions over to how we control over dosen't seem to change proportionally.
As babies, being unable to express needs in words that can be understood, physical language becomes the most direct, and inhibited form of expression, and now it still is. A baby cries when he/she is hungry, smiles at your interesting face, accepts your hug if your warmth is soothing, or simply cries when you walk in. They do not hide any of their feelings, what you see is what you get. The baby either likes you, or hates you, plain as a sheet of paper. And it works vice-versa too. No point scolding or praising a baby. Show it on your face, this is what I've learnt from what little experience I had teaching kids. You either smile at them, or if need be, a simple frown could do the trick. All in all, its simple.
Then we grow up. We go through the rigors of modern today life, and learn on the way. We adapt to society, and that's how we survive. We feel the same, but on the otherhand start to think more. Practicality is placed above emotional need in the hierachy. Is this not true? You might have want a job that's been your dream, but many of us know that it does not pay the bills. We grow up, by learning new things, that only slowly encompass the "babies" in us.
Take relationship for an example. In the past, people regard the feel as sacred. It's something they all look for, something wonderful. And when they found the one, the one they love, they just do it. A simple short act of confession, a love letter, face to face, or a purposely planned "by the chance meeting"to show their affection. Much like babies, I like you, that's it. But now, the passion gets replaced with praticality. Yes the feeling's still there, but what if she/he dosen't like me? Will I be good enough? What if I get rejected? All these inhibitions act as stumbling rocks, reducing our courage to meer shuffle of the feet onli.
Say, in this day and age, a practical way to "test the water" should I say is by sms. A simple theory, if she were to reply, at least it shows that she's interested to some point. But then again, we tend to shuffle our feet somemore. What if she thinks its jus a normal sms and don't giv furthher thought, would I be over thinking things? What if she's really too busy to sms? On and on this goes, practicality after another, making it feel more like a puzzle than a passion.
I am not trying to say practicality is wrong. I understand the need to survive. Meerly just commenting on the lost of how direct people use to do things. The passions might be still there, but no longer as forward burning as before.
...is it that hard to reply a sms...
Revealed on [8:10 AM]
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