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Saturday, January 27, 2007
Talk is not free
Well... if 'talk is free', I wouldn't even need a blog in the first place. I could just tell anyone about what i think or how i feel. I could just go around saying anything i like.
But I can't. so here i am sitting in front of my laptop typing away... something I never thought I will ever do.
Now i realise that talking isn't exactly 'free'. so many restrictions come with it. No wonder so many people refrain from speaking out. Everyone impose their own restrictions on themselves. For me, I'm starting to be afraid that what I think and say might be overly exasperating for others. Not that I think deeply or profoundly. In fact, I'm beginning to feel the shallowness of my thoughts and the lack of knowledge about anything.
"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance" ~ Socrates
That is so true.
Yet, there are many people who go about their lives knowing this fact and doing nothing. And there are others who go about their lives thinking they know everything there is to life. To such people, my questions irritate the hell out of them. I do not want to be a nuisance to others. Perhaps thats why I don't talk about such thoughts to most people around me. Perhaps when I've found answers to my thoughts will I be able to share them more freely. People don't like questions, they want answers.
Talk is not free. I have no answers for you as yet but tons of questions waiting to be answered.
P.S. Thanks to Ivy for recommending 'Sophie's World'. It has been a really great mind opener.
But I can't. so here i am sitting in front of my laptop typing away... something I never thought I will ever do.
Now i realise that talking isn't exactly 'free'. so many restrictions come with it. No wonder so many people refrain from speaking out. Everyone impose their own restrictions on themselves. For me, I'm starting to be afraid that what I think and say might be overly exasperating for others. Not that I think deeply or profoundly. In fact, I'm beginning to feel the shallowness of my thoughts and the lack of knowledge about anything.
"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance" ~ Socrates
That is so true.
Yet, there are many people who go about their lives knowing this fact and doing nothing. And there are others who go about their lives thinking they know everything there is to life. To such people, my questions irritate the hell out of them. I do not want to be a nuisance to others. Perhaps thats why I don't talk about such thoughts to most people around me. Perhaps when I've found answers to my thoughts will I be able to share them more freely. People don't like questions, they want answers.
Talk is not free. I have no answers for you as yet but tons of questions waiting to be answered.
P.S. Thanks to Ivy for recommending 'Sophie's World'. It has been a really great mind opener.
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