Perspective

Here is something Chaitra forwarded...


If you 'question', you don't understand.
If you 'understand', you've been co-opted.
If you 'talk', you're sanctimonious.
If you 'don't talk', you're frivolous.
If you're 'in the field', you're too involved.
If you're not 'in the field', you have no business talking about it.
If you 'ask why', you're stupid.
If you ask 'why not', you're very stupid.
If you 'qualify', you're equivocating.
If you 'don't qualify', you're making sweeping generalisations.
If you 'care', you're sentimentalising.
If you 'don't care', you're heartless and cruel.
If you 'critique', you need to cut them some slack.
If you don't 'critique', you're cutting them too much slack.
If you 'believe', you're naive.
If you 'don't believe', you're cynical.
If you 'do', you're damned.
If you 'don't', then you're damned, too.

Every word shifts, slips, has many meanings.
Every word is laden with complexities.
Every word holds a gun to your head and asks: 'Who are you? Declare yourself forthwith.'

I want a life without quotation marks



Now..how about this..with a few small changes...

If you 'question', you stand to gain.
If you 'understand', you've achieved.
If you 'talk', you've laboured well.
If you 'don't talk', you're a thinker.
If you're 'in the field', you're in touch .
If you're not 'in the field', you are done with the 'dirty stuff'.
If you 'ask why', you're inqusitive.
If you ask 'why not', you're letting logic take its path..
If you 'qualify', you're deserving.
If you 'don't qualify', you're making sure nothing gets in the way.
If you 'care', you're concerned.
If you 'don't care', you're heartless and cruel.
If you 'critique', you intend to improve them.
If you don't 'critique', you know they've improved
If you 'believe', you're bound to be rewarded
If you 'don't believe', you're cynical.
If you 'do', you know what doesn't work
If you 'don't', then you already know what doesn't work..

Every word shifts, slips, has many meanings.
Every word is laden with complexities.
Every word when looked through the right glass, appears more beatiful than the rest..
What's life without a little word play?eh?