Is there more to it?

When the first picture was projected I saw frozen people on top of a mountain. I didn’t know there was more of it until someone pointed it out to me.  But in the second picture I saw both illusions the old man’s and the musician’s playing the guitar with a lady by his side.

I think that the pictures projected were important because it gives us time to reflect and think about “what lies inside these pictures!”   “Is there more to these pictures that we don’t really see?”   In our daily life especially in this present  generation we judge a book by its cover,  we don’t take time to evaluate our ways of thinking.  We give every single thing tags that affect  reputations and as a result the problem gets to the point of no return and tags get stuck period.

Metacognition is something our Egyptian society is missing. Even with the elections going on,  no one stops and thinks  about  their deciscions side-effects  or whether they are going in the right path.  We have over  10 candidates for our presidential elections but do the people really know enough information about any of them?  Or are they just voting because lots of them have promises for a better future and a more promising country ?.  We definitely know that most candidates are luring us just to vote for them.

In my perspective I think there are innumerable things we cannot see with our own eyes. Maybe that’s why we appraise people by looks. Who knows maybe the ugliest person has an amiable personality and the prettiest of them all has a frivolous, infamous,  self-centered  personality. No one will ever know what’s really inside the pie until we get the chance to dig into it and by that I mean to better and truly see not only the outside but the inside as well. What lies behind  people’s masks  could be only seen by the eyes of the beholder and that’s what keeps them  going on with their plays.  We all have one, that’s what helps us hide how we sometimes really feel and occasionally who we really are. But who doesn’t want to fit in this society who rejects so much these days? But life shouldn’t be that way. People shouldn’t change themselves for others. Everyone’s unique, beautiful and worthy of love and acceptance that’s why being yourself shouldn’t be a problem. It’s a must. Yes, despite the fact that our candidates are from different political parties they are all different but one thing they all have in common is that they want a better Egypt. I think that we should stop with the harsh criticism and censure because honestly, who dug deep enough to judge anyone of them?

The seed is one of the smallest things on earth. But the miracle that comes out from it makes the whole world think of it as something prodigious. Two can have different point of views and perspectives. One can say that it’s a useless seed with nothing to give and it should be thrown right away. But the other might take time to contemplate and see how amazing this useless creature turns out to be.

We shouldn’t belittle anyone and we should give every candidate a chance of showing who they really are. We Egyptian have to think out of the box and in different perspectives without letting religion, history, experiences, social classes… get in the way of who we choose as our upcoming president. We never know maybe the one with the least expectations turns out to be what we’ve been looking for all these years.  We have to expect and accept the unexpected and un accepted.

What you Want VS. what you Need

The difference between a want and a need is simple. In a dictionary the verb “Need” is defined as something you have to have. In contrary of the verb “Want” who means something you would like to have. I condone that a person can get along without a want, but a need is what’s necessary and must have to feel and be fulfilled. Since the creation of Human kind, man started searching for basic needs that could keep them alive like: « A shelter », « Enough food and water to maintain your health », «good health»… Want didn’t even exist at that time because it was already hard to get what they need.

In 2012 need and want have junctured the same meaning. It’s impossible for a 21 first century person to identify what they want from what they really need. In my offence we are not reprehensible of that because let’s remember the world isn’t a static place, with every sun rise we welcome something new. Since the advanced world of high technology and mind blowing electronics have been introduced in our lives in the past century nothing stays uniform. Who doesn’t want an Ipad4 or a blackberry or a flat screen TV or a Prada bad or Christian Louboutin’s latest shoe or any of these things? But let’s face it do we really need all that? It is not absolutely necessary, but it would be a good thing to have.

People should start considering that there’s a prodigious difference between want and need. It’s about time that we start being indifferent of what we own. Showing off won’t get us anywhere in our lives because life goes on and every single day something new shows up. Our needs have to come first. But this does not mean never reward yourself with something you want every once in a while.