The weight of an innocent question

What are you? is a basic three worded question, the answer to which might stem from different aspects of your life. It might seem like a simple straight-forward question when read without the pressure of circumstances and judgement facing you directly into your eyes, both of which might be literal or figurative. If we look into it with an introspective lens, the question is not about our identity but our very own ideology and what we represent as a person in this world. No one exists without a reason and renaissance of purpose on a daily basis. Even if one person tries not to harbor either of them, that still comes across a place of purpose. The answer to that question is not just a testament for you momentarily, but it also represents you as a person that you have been and the person you are becoming. In short, your entire journey as a person will be judged by some individual with the pretense of a single three worded question, which might not seem fair or inclusive of righteousness. Unfortunately, the bar is too low when it comes to labelling and that too a person. My point is that what might seem like a simple question might not be the entire picture when it enacts in real life.

People generally prefer to be left in a state of comfort for as long as humanely possible before they have to deep dive into the trenches of nuances and reality. I mean who wouldn’t like a bit of comfort when there is tension and unrest all around us both physically and virtually. But, how long does the comfort last for when even the most basic of questions become multi-dimensional with the amount of newer perspectives we add to our life like they are some feathers to our hat called life. Life is all hunky-dory when we are young, reckless, carefree and not wise enough about the consequences at scale. Suddenly, one morning you wake up and are asked or questioned about something in real life, it is not easy to answer. Weight of a thousand thoughts will be looming over your shoulder even while u are moving around on your own on a normal day in life. Every small decision and answer is affected by the baggage of unresolved emotions, yet to own responsibilities and the conscious effort to not come across as bland, insensitive or dumb.

Does all of this mean we are not dealing with life correctly? Not really, You are doing a good job at it already when you started taking efforts into thinking about being conscious and about what is being put out from your side. Are you always correct with your responses? No. But, Is it required for you to always be correct either politically or morally? No. But, you should never be blinded by your faith when you have to spare some thought about the opposing factors as well. Respect an opinion enough to hear about it without a bias. If you still find the flaws in it, then do not back away from pointing out the problematic notions you have witnessed in that line of thought. Your mind is only as clear as your heart is because when you have something that doesn't sit well with you on a feelings level, it will inevitably affect you on an actions level when it comes down from your mind that is swaying between what is right for you and what is right from you.

A lot of factors should start affecting us to form an opinion and even more factors should affect us before we express ourselves about it. Once we catch hold of this frequency and fraternity of opinions, we will get a step closer to becoming human because we are reinventing the wheel here for mankind, as this was always thought of as a basic virtue one would carry and has become rare with the years. Why would anyone take something serious in life until it doesn't fraternize our ego with something enticing enough to make us feel compelled to form an opinion on it or take action against it. Something that happens far away may not have affected you right now but it will surely be a contributor to events of your life in the long run. In this modern stone age where we are enabled with technology and disabled with common sense, take note of events around you to manufacture sense and become wise enough before you latch onto a single agenda. Before you rush to the world to answer all the unresolved questions, ask yourself once again the same innocent question that started all this: What are You?.