Society for me?

Today it was brought home to me that all those who live in ‘civil’ society must subdue their individuality and unquestioningly abide by the rules that society imposes upon its individual components.

Being an intelligent, educated and thinking person, I had actually forgotten about big daddy. Silly me – I had believed that I was beyond the proverbial laxman rekha. I have made my own independent decisions about life and career. I have not leaned on my near and dear ones, except perhaps in my growing up years.

I philosophize … and internalize my discussions with myself. I discuss only vital stuff with close family and a few close friends – only when they actively seek discussion. I do not preach to other people, and keep myself far from preachers. I have lived my own life, made my own mistakes. Nothing better than learning from one’s own mistakes, I say. My blunders have taught me lessons that have made me move onwards confidently.

I fail to understand people who read popular books about the lives of successful people – with the hope that they would absorb from their experiences and live their own lives in a better way. I think religion, saints, gurus, management/ self help/ self improvement books, and what have you are crutches, that debilitate people and hold them back.

This thinking individual human does not need a restrictive society. Not what it gives me, nor what it forbids me to do. Bah!