Written: 11 Sep 09
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What is this about best friends? How is it possible that man be intelligent enough (for we know him to be otherwise) to be able to even think that he has been able to separate out the grain from the chaff and proclaim to the world that he has finally managed to pick out the finest grain from all the creatures he has ever met.
Can't it be seen that this best friend concept in itself, to a certain degree,is analogous to close mindedness of society in not being receptive to other people,other cultures,to thoughts, ideas,expressions,art and all that there is which causes or has the potential to cause conflict among men.
Without going into further details of how one, purposefully or inadvertently, may stop being open and ready to love, suffice it to say that instead of best friend or friends (if you want to be cheeky, or if on a more serious note, you are playing safe), every person should adopt the attitude of considering everybody and everything that one comes along to have the potential of being best and to say to himself or if proclaiming to the world,say, This X is my potential best friend.And the more the potential of X is realised, you respect it and feel fortunate to have met a decent animal ,of your kind and nature, coming close to your concept of perfectness.
Following this attitude, it will be be worthwhile to see this hope amongst people when they give everybody the benefit of doubt without being judgemental or prejudiced from the outset [ for cant we also see that, whatever impression you have about anybody as perceived from a third party, in all likelihood, on first hand account, you will fit that person only as per the impression you already decided on ] and are always trying to give love a chance before hate so that they can fill that void of best.
And, not to mention, wouldnt it be interesting and even most worthwhile maybe, for world peace ( :) ), if in this process, man forgets to realise that man's actual best friend is and can only be he himself.
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I think your concept is a bit flawed... if x has the potential of being my best friend... by this u mean anyone can be... which is not wrong but the flaw is that then there is no best friend.... its just friends with one and all... nobody takes precedence over the other...
ReplyDeletewhile this is not wrong it is the human nature to find comfort in a confidant... by definition confidants are special... while i dont agree to the idea of best friends but human nature is to seek closure... which cant be provided by a general mass... but by a confidant or small group of people... however its notclosed mindedness as we are still ready to open up the possibility to others... if this isnt true u wouldnt be one of my best friends since I'd just be best friends with the few kids i grew up with...