Dare to Daydream... or not!
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Warning:
You might find this article as totally irrelevant to sanity, totally different than the writer’s (and that is me) usual “politics-and-society” style, and inclusive of some ramblings that are of benefit to no one but the writer (that is me again) who is trying to relieve stress by conveying funny/weird/scary feelings in the same piece of writing (now how creative does one have to be to do something like this?). If you wish to continue reading, you have to accept total responsibility for any after-reading effects on your own emotional/mental/psychological…Whatever, man I don’t know how to write such statements, but I bet you can guess the rest…
So here you go-------> I Accept
Press the (I Accept) button if you wish to continue reading, if not… ummm… Euh, just press the button anyways…
Now, I was going through an old blog of mine, and found this article that I have written a while back. I thought I would share it here for the deep meaning it carries along. By reading this post, you will witness one of humans’ decent qualities, and that is: being… ummm… WEIRD?
In case you are still reading, here goes my story (some changes were made on the original post to suit the dramatic taste of this article, but the original story was left untouched, I promise):
The other day, I finished my work and headed to meet some friends and get something to eat. I spent some good time with the girls, but for some reason, I had to leave early and head back home, the minute I stepped outside the place where I had lunch with my friends, my eyes caught a Taxi with an old driver browsing for a potential passenger; I moved my hand to sign for him that I could be his potential passenger and he nodded happily welcoming me to get in, and so I did.
The taxi driver was a typical old man who tended (like most old taxi-drivers) to search for a talk show on a Jordanian radio channel that probably no-one has ever heard of except for him and those working in the station. There were two girls talking, and people were calling in. From the discussions that went on between the two girls and the callers, I came to the conclusion that they have asked people to call in and talk about their imaginations, their daydreams and stuff like that. The only thing that I could call sillier than the topic itself would be the answers that I heard.
But only ONE answer had to beat them all. I couldn't believe my ears when I heard this girl (who sounded like she is in her late teens-early twenties) explaining about what a wide imagination she has, that if left to daydream, she could go on for hours. Up till there, things were acceptable. Weird, but acceptable. As she progressed with her answer, things got weirder and somewhat scarier. The girl proudly said that she daydreams about being a BEE, flying around and watching stuff, or even a RABBIT, jumping around freely, to mention but a few of the "animals" she described.
I was like:???????????What The Hell???????????????????????? I mean, I work 8:30- 5:00 each day, go back home to (usually) watch TV till it's 10:00 o'clock, then go to sleep feeling dead tired. I usually end up blaming myself for the status of unproductivity that I live through when I feel too exhausted to study, thus leave my studies till the weekend. Oh, and I have to divide my time during the weekend to be able to study, blog the assigned number of posts a month I have to send here, and maybe have some time for myself to relax. AND SOMEONE COULD ACTUALLY GO ON FOR HOURS DAYDREAMING ABOUT BEING A BEE OR A RABBIT?????????????? Where do people get the time to do this? Let alone how dysfunctional it sounds; a human being dreaming of being an ANIMAL?
I think that similar talk shows should be supervised by a psychologist, and no I am not trying to offend anyone, but a call like this one should not be let go with the anchors complimenting the girl for her wide imagination… If I hear this from someone I know, I would be WORRIED…
However, no matter how devastated I might sound to find out that this is the level of thinking of some fully mature individuals (and I am not only talking about the girl with imagination here, but also the anchors who were complimenting her imagination), a conversation like this one could definitely make your day by putting a smile on your face…
Hope I managed to make you smile with yet another one of my human- observation-skill success stories :)
