Its been long...
It was not that there were no ideas which needed to be expressed...it was just a combination of too many things which just kept me away...and while i was away in the real world doing things which real people are supposed to do to earn a real living and sustain themselves, a solitary toothbrush struck me with a thought...
We are all social animals, or most of us are in any case, and we feed off our position in the society. The fact that you have someone to care for you and that there is someone who visits you/talks to you often is in itself a booster of sorts. But humans being humans, and our minds being even more demanding at that, we keep looking for assurances and re-assurances and signals to prove that we are accepted and people love us.
The toothbrush, you may be wondering, where does that fit into the picture.
The toothbrush, let me add, is a very personal item and in a typical societal setup, people need to carry it along to most places. In the long term, if you keep visiting places very often, you may leave one at each place just to avoid being bothered by forgetting to carry it.
Actually, its a bit of stretched thinking but if you let yourself loose just a wee bit more, you may be able to see that...
Imagine yourself when your loved one is in a different city/travelling and not with you. You yearn each moment for them to be home...sharing jokes, news or even staying mum as long as they are just there...with you! You become restless with their absence, its as if the routine has been disturbed and you need something to set it all right.
...and then you chance upon the toothbrush.
There, all alone, in the holder...and that is when the warm fuzzy feeling engulfs you...
All is not lost. The toothbrush, the one very personal thing, is still there generating hope and affirming that the owner would be back...you just have to be patient...and wait!
It was not that there were no ideas which needed to be expressed...it was just a combination of too many things which just kept me away...and while i was away in the real world doing things which real people are supposed to do to earn a real living and sustain themselves, a solitary toothbrush struck me with a thought...
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The toothbrush, you may be wondering, where does that fit into the picture.
The toothbrush, let me add, is a very personal item and in a typical societal setup, people need to carry it along to most places. In the long term, if you keep visiting places very often, you may leave one at each place just to avoid being bothered by forgetting to carry it.
Actually, its a bit of stretched thinking but if you let yourself loose just a wee bit more, you may be able to see that...
Imagine yourself when your loved one is in a different city/travelling and not with you. You yearn each moment for them to be home...sharing jokes, news or even staying mum as long as they are just there...with you! You become restless with their absence, its as if the routine has been disturbed and you need something to set it all right.
...and then you chance upon the toothbrush.
There, all alone, in the holder...and that is when the warm fuzzy feeling engulfs you...
All is not lost. The toothbrush, the one very personal thing, is still there generating hope and affirming that the owner would be back...you just have to be patient...and wait!
