When you live your life for the sake of others...

We take for granted that we exist in a social-cultural system that is congested with heaps of social norms, perceptions and cultural expectations. The people around us builds a social climate over time that encapsulates behavioural expectations, norms, societal rules, interrelational conducts and social boundaries. They also convey their perceptions in a humanly manner, they either say it or they show it. Culturally, there are further expectations imposed as a result of the values and belief system embraced by the societal climate created.

From young, we were inculcated with Do's and Don't's. We were told to greet people when we meet them, but for what? We were told to aspire towards success in life, but for whom?. We were told to eat in a non-beast-like manner, but for who to see? We must dress well, we have to behave in a pleasant way, we should speak properly... As we grow older, we tell our children to do what we had went through above; to conduct, to behave, to act, to carry ourselves in a way that is in line with the accepted way of living in the society we live in.

While we are out, we easily spot those who are out of line in a queue. We can tell a beast from a gentleman in a restaurant. We can smell rat from rose on a person. We can do this because we have come to terms with what is and what is not conformance.

Supposing you are the only person in this world, will we still have a social ecosystem of this nature? You don't have to queue, you don't have to talk, you don't see any behavioural flaws, neither do you have to worry how others see you.

Think about it, how many people have you come across in your life that asked you to live life the way you want? To enjoy life the way you most enjoy it? To not be bothered by how others see you? To BE YOURSELF? Is it possible, at all? Yes, unless you are the only person in this world!

Like it or not, we live our life for the sake of others. While some enjoy it, some obviously don't. For the sake of others' acceptance, others' pleasure, others' perception, others' agreement, others' inclusion, we live our lives for. Question is, are you happy doing that? If not, maybe reincarnation into other beings would be the right solution for you.