We are the patches of our parents, teachers, heroes, villains. We’re the quirks we picked up from old friends, habits we learned from family. We’re a little bit of everyone we meet, by being what they want or being what they don’t. We’re touched and moulded and changed by every little thing, some more than others.
Beneath this all there is a pattern to our absorbtion, the things we choose to be. There are influences that are stronger than others, are there not?
We are patterns. We are a legacy of a life lived and a journey undertaken, the final product of an unfolding story.
Suraksha said,
March 31, 2009 at 6:18 am
Trippy.
Joshua Pantalleresco said,
March 31, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Wow. Very true.
JP
Anbazhagan Ramasamy said,
April 2, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Rightly said,Sarani. But the patterns are unique.Each and every person in the world make their own patterns according to their choices.If you peel off everything,we will have what we had in our womb.Absolute bliss!!
Vishal said,
April 8, 2009 at 9:47 pm
I believe what we eventually absorb is a mix of what we choose to absorb (when we have the luxury to do so), and what the circumstances would have us absorb perforce (There are experiences we wouldn’t want to have, but do anyway)
But perhaps there is a “higher” pattern? I think not though. It’s this unpredictable mix in what we imbibe that lends us our flawed, human nature, no?
A beautiful sentiment, nonetheless. Hope you’re doing well!
Nithin said,
April 9, 2009 at 10:26 pm
thats precisely what the behavioural school of psychology professes…
sahil said,
May 1, 2009 at 2:01 am
we indeed are the sum total of the experiences we live through.
i guess thats why each person is unique – because everybody lives through different experiences giving him/her an individual unique identity.
Salil said,
May 5, 2009 at 9:40 pm
“Cuz all you touch and all you see…
…… is all your life will ever be”
– Roger Waters
silverine said,
May 25, 2009 at 10:55 pm
There is something magical and ethereal about your writings.
Ashish said,
November 9, 2009 at 11:14 am
“And so, my God, grace me the opportunities to always remain close with my friends, for I want to pick from the best.” Amen!