Realization 4

We tend to conform ,
when we grow older.

We like to conform ,
when we are weak.

We choose to conform,
so that  we remain,
so that we never slip.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i find this ironically opposite of me...i have conformed less.

the older i get the more i feel i have the right to be me, to please me and no one else..

i am content with that..

stirred some reaction with this piece...i like a poem that will do that.

[Anand Sehgal]

Within yourself you revolt, but do you express it out?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes i do.....

[Tina Louise UK]

Thought provoking piece...enjoyed :) x

[Anand Sehgal]

Thanks very much , Tia :)

[KWP]

I am with Jacob, I don't conform, I never have, in my quest to be the most real version of myself I know that I can not armour or guard myself ... do I express it out ... each and every day. That is how i live a happy vibrant life and learn more about myself, my fears and what causes them, and then of course to walk through them :) I believe we we just sit in our comfort zone we stoop learning .. and what was that quote 'the minute you stop learning and growing is they day you start dying' and why do I feel like each and every day is just the beginning of life for me ?

well thats just me anyhow ......

[Anand Sehgal]

Good to get different takes and perspectives :) much love back .

[Saddam]

this is little but contain biiiiig meaning of life.... Very meaningful poem..... Great view....

[Anand Sehgal]

thanks a lot dear :)

[icelandicblue]

As you age you see that black and white have melded and the world is actually painted in shades of gray. Reality is a good teacher but it takes awhile for some lessons to sink in. Conformity has a negative connotation for me but as we age we do become more diplomatic by lessons learned the hard way.

[Anand Sehgal]

the moment you turn diplomatic, you start conforming, You start to lose the earlier natural way .Isn't it ?

[icelandicblue]

I don't think so, being diplomatic is the realization that you can't have the world exactly the way you envision it and that the only way to change things is to come to some sort of compromise. I think very liberally and most of this country does not consider my viewpoint conformist yet I also understand that no one way of thinking can always get its way.

[Frieda P]

Hmm odd I feel differently I think when we are young and want to fit in is when we conform, we don't let 'stuff' get to us as much when we get older. Interesting Anand.

[Anand Sehgal]

but with age most of the people lose the voice of protest, they play safe .isn't it?

[Frieda P]

I really think it depends, those once young people that drove the 1960 sit-in protests are still just as vocal now, perhaps doing it differently, if there's an injustice, you'll surely hear about it loud and clear.

[Vidya Bacchus]

True Anand. People tend to have to change sometimes to adapt to a particular situation .

[Anand Sehgal]

We try to fit ourselves within various frames :) thanks Dear :)

[Vidya Bacchus]

Aint that the truth.You are welcome Anand :)

[MsJewel]

We choose to conform,
so that we remain,
so that we never slip.

I believe this is true. Taking a risk, being different, refusing to conform can be frightening - I know it was for me...but as I grow older...what the heck...
:) Julie

[Anand Sehgal]

you are never old. don't think like that ! Love you Julie :)

[Scott Metro]

Maybe we just like a pasture where the grazing is easier. For myself I have never played well with others and conforming has always been difficult..but you so right in your words.
Scott

[Anand Sehgal]

thanks a lot for the review :)

[Scott Metro]

:)
Scott.....