How many times have you wished to have a conversation with a completely "unknown person"? How many times have you felt the urge to vent out your feelings to somebody who doesnt know you? Who doesn't know who you are or what you do or which part of the world you live in, but still knows how you feel? How many times you want to reach out to an "outsider", just to make him laugh on your silliest joke.
I am sure many of us have gone into chat rooms to talk to those "unknown people" just to share a joke or smile. Some or the other time in our lives, we feel the need to "share". Share the most invaluable moment of feeling. Feeling of happiness, sadness, anxiety, stress, nervousness, naughtiness.
I wonder why this happens? We all are surrounded by our friends, family, co-workers. Cant we share with them? Yes, we do! but only the superficial, apolitical views. The more we know a person, the less we wish to share the deep secrets inside, just to be on safer side. Coz the more you know a person, the more you know what makes him sad or angry and thats why you start hiding things. Starts to have a barrier on the vent of your feelings.
I think what makes talking or reaching out to strangers easier, is that no one cares. No one cares if they get hurt by something you say about third person or situation. No one worries about taking his/her time, coz they are here purely by their own choice. And thats why if they are really "unknown" you dont care if they just snub you out and go away. Sometimes, I wish to be that stranger with whom I can share his agony of heartbreak or the helplessness of chronic disease or even an excitement-cum-nervousness of going abroad.
I wonder why do we all feel like this? May be because we all experience same kind of emotion at some point in time in our lives. May be the best form of letting out our feelings is by sharing. May be we all have the need to connect with each other. May be after all, the details like Name, Age, Sex, Location doesnt matter, when you are emotionally charged up and really really want to empty your heart out.
Do you remember how many time you have shared an expression of feeling with a stranger? Given a smile to passerby. A frowning look with the driver when you both are stuck in traffic. A kindness look when you offered your place to an old person in public transport.
May be we all share something in common apart from "feelings", the need to share those feelings. So, in-spite of all our ignorance towards each other, we are not exactly complete "strangers" coz we share something common. We know each other as "strangers". We know the "unknown" inside each other.
So, next time when I meet someone, I wont call him a "stranger". May be "unknown-insider"?
I am sure many of us have gone into chat rooms to talk to those "unknown people" just to share a joke or smile. Some or the other time in our lives, we feel the need to "share". Share the most invaluable moment of feeling. Feeling of happiness, sadness, anxiety, stress, nervousness, naughtiness.
I wonder why this happens? We all are surrounded by our friends, family, co-workers. Cant we share with them? Yes, we do! but only the superficial, apolitical views. The more we know a person, the less we wish to share the deep secrets inside, just to be on safer side. Coz the more you know a person, the more you know what makes him sad or angry and thats why you start hiding things. Starts to have a barrier on the vent of your feelings.
I think what makes talking or reaching out to strangers easier, is that no one cares. No one cares if they get hurt by something you say about third person or situation. No one worries about taking his/her time, coz they are here purely by their own choice. And thats why if they are really "unknown" you dont care if they just snub you out and go away. Sometimes, I wish to be that stranger with whom I can share his agony of heartbreak or the helplessness of chronic disease or even an excitement-cum-nervousness of going abroad.
I wonder why do we all feel like this? May be because we all experience same kind of emotion at some point in time in our lives. May be the best form of letting out our feelings is by sharing. May be we all have the need to connect with each other. May be after all, the details like Name, Age, Sex, Location doesnt matter, when you are emotionally charged up and really really want to empty your heart out.
Do you remember how many time you have shared an expression of feeling with a stranger? Given a smile to passerby. A frowning look with the driver when you both are stuck in traffic. A kindness look when you offered your place to an old person in public transport.
May be we all share something in common apart from "feelings", the need to share those feelings. So, in-spite of all our ignorance towards each other, we are not exactly complete "strangers" coz we share something common. We know each other as "strangers". We know the "unknown" inside each other.
So, next time when I meet someone, I wont call him a "stranger". May be "unknown-insider"?
