Opinion essay - On the difficulty of establishing (and keeping) relationships
In first place, it is mandatory for me to recognise that the present essay may not add much to what is already known by scholars who consider this topic. Even then, I shall express my thoughts, for I aim at the regular individual (which means all of us, to some extent), and not only members of the Intelligentsia.
Secondly, I want to make it clear that i do not intend to have all the reason on this subject; besides, I am only exposing my personal point of view, which I hope contributes to th discussion of such an important social aspect.
Having said so, I shall now start exposing my ideas and feelings about an issue I constatly struggle against: individuals in general are becoming increasingly reserved and individualistic. Due to this, establishing new relationships (or even keeping those one has already established) has become a considerably difficult activity.
Being as concerned as I am on human relationships, I can bring enough examples to prove the statement I have just made. They are as follow:
Taking any public transportation (e.g., the bus or the train), I sometimes find people who seem friendly to me. I smile at them, hoping for a reply in the same way: another smile. Very seldom such thing happen. Most of the time, the individual to who I smiled just frowns or, what is even worst for a sensitive person like me, does not change his or her expression at all.
A second example I can give from my personal experience relates to the internet. It may seem that on the web it is much easier to “find new friends” or “keep in contact with the old pals”. I am afraid this is not a very accurate notion. Individuals tend to be suspicious of new internet contacts and, after a while, a complete lack of interest for such contacts may occur. I can attest such neggative characteristics of the digital world by saying I have received less and less replies to my e-mails. From my personal friends to the publishing company I used to work for, a reply has become something very rare.
To finish, I believe it is not an exaggeration to say that it is high time we started revising the ways social interaction happens in our society. Because, after all, every single individual has some way to contribute to the edification his or her fellow man (or woman).
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