A Plea to the Judgemental Society

All day
Staring at the ceiling
Making friends with shadows on my wall
All night
Hearing voices telling me
That I should get some sleep
Because tomorrow might be good for something
Hold on
I'm feeling like I'm headed for a
Breakdown
I don't know why
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know, right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know, right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be
Me
Talking to myself in public
Dodging glances on the train
I know
I know they've all been talking 'bout me
I can hear them whisper
And it makes me think there must be something wrong
With me
Out of all the hours thinking
Somehow
I've lost my mind
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know, right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be
I been talking in my sleep
Pretty soon they'll come to get me
Yeah, they're taking me away
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know, right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy I'm just a little impaired
I know, right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be
Hey, how I used to be
How I used to be, yeah
Well I'm just a little unwell
How I used to be
How I used to be

- "Unwell" Matchbox 20

I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know, right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know, right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be

Today's society is so judgemental... judging people so quickly...
Sometimes... they just never give you time.

Patience... isn't a virtue for no reason.

Not everything, in fact, hardly anything is evident at first glance.

We all know not to judge a book by it's cover... but of course it is what we do all the time ...
Sigh, typical, typical, typical people ...

Ever wondered how long it takes to get to know a person?





A Lifetime.

...Or longer.

...Or forever.

And yet society decides to judge a person in 0.5 seconds ? ...

There really is no patience in the modern world.

We're so self-centred, "relationships" are just those quick "fix-ups" we have for our benefit, on par with, say, 3-minute noodles, and then, we move on. "Love", "friendships", whatever.

What really is important is getting to know one another; who they are... and as I said, you can't try too hard with this... humans are intricately deep, deep beings - most of the time, we don't even know who we are ourselves; let alone other people? Get over it.

Because...... we skim over... glance past... so many people... we judge them in first glance... in our first encounter .... and that's it. We think we know them. Wow. That's just arrogance. Sheer selfishness. And ultimately, it is a lack of love. Because the opposite of love is not hatred; it's disinterest, it's apathy, it's disattachment, of not caring about who they are, of thinking that we know everything there is about that person.