By Friendship you mean the greatest love ,
The greatest usefulness , the most open communication,
The noblest sufferings , the severest truth,
The heartiest counsel and the greatest Union
Of minds of which brave men & women are Capable........
#JEREMY TAYLOR
In the age of FACEBOOK , TWITTER , and LINKEDin ; everyone is in the network. Even people who cuss at each other when they meet , are added as friends on these sites or followers/contactees whatever.
The idea is good and I commend the makers for it. But the fact of the matter is that these friendships are only Click-deep. I thought long and hard about what is it that comes inbetween two people and turns them sour. Even after many hours of thinking random things , writing allegorical poems which no one understood ; I could think of nothing substantial to state here.
The reason is apparent , there is no particulae reason as to why this Pseudo-Friendship can't be converted into atleast a real - "How are you feeling today" : "oh! I am having a nice day , wish you the same" -- kind of relationship.
We don't have to look far for an apt example. Taking Indo-pak relationship into account ; what we see is the will of a few projected for half a decade over million others. At the grassroots no one wants WAR on their agenda , do they?
Even in our workplace we mark certain people as our adversaries for absurd reasons--ranging from the attire to the way he/she carries her/himself. The target too soon realizes it from some source and the bitterness sinks deep ; waiting for a perfect KODAK moment to spring up and put you down.
The greatest usefulness , the most open communication,
The noblest sufferings , the severest truth,
The heartiest counsel and the greatest Union
Of minds of which brave men & women are Capable........
#JEREMY TAYLOR
In the age of FACEBOOK , TWITTER , and LINKEDin ; everyone is in the network. Even people who cuss at each other when they meet , are added as friends on these sites or followers/contactees whatever.
The idea is good and I commend the makers for it. But the fact of the matter is that these friendships are only Click-deep. I thought long and hard about what is it that comes inbetween two people and turns them sour. Even after many hours of thinking random things , writing allegorical poems which no one understood ; I could think of nothing substantial to state here.
The reason is apparent , there is no particulae reason as to why this Pseudo-Friendship can't be converted into atleast a real - "How are you feeling today" : "oh! I am having a nice day , wish you the same" -- kind of relationship.
We don't have to look far for an apt example. Taking Indo-pak relationship into account ; what we see is the will of a few projected for half a decade over million others. At the grassroots no one wants WAR on their agenda , do they?
Even in our workplace we mark certain people as our adversaries for absurd reasons--ranging from the attire to the way he/she carries her/himself. The target too soon realizes it from some source and the bitterness sinks deep ; waiting for a perfect KODAK moment to spring up and put you down.