Thursday, February 17, 2011

Independovidualistic?

between being Individualistic or Independent, which are you. or are you neither.

*this will be short cz feeling lazy atm.

ppl like to be called independent. being labelled as individualistic isnt sth really positive. but both, involves a person being on his/her own most of the time. some say its the motive. but..... is there a motive in being alone?

some ppl like to be alone most of the time bcz they savour the solitude, the peace of mind and the time of reflection doing things they like as an individual and not being troubled or bothered about what others think of them or what they're doing and not having to bother about that of others as well. they can be called independent, as in, not having to need the company of another to fulfill their needs and being self capable. they can also be called individualistic, for not wanting to mix with others so much and not sharing part of their world with the rest. ok, maybe not so much about not wanting to share, but not having to or inadvertently needing to share.

i wonder sometimes if being independent turns a person into being individualistic in the long run.

i like being independent. but to a point i don't want to be too individualistic. is there a way to get the balance between both worlds. sometimes it gets lonely to be independent.

like they say. No man's an island.


shrugs. ?

3 comments:

Qi Wen said...

we have to be independent but in some circumstances being too independent isn't a good choice after all. That is why God creates friends to take care of you so that individualistic will not overtake you in everything. No one can stand alone with independovidualistic. You know you still have me, dear..

Kevin Tan said...

solidarity means coming together and integrating la. it's solitude.

and it's like totally cool to be a loner okay. i know u miss me more than peisun its okay! =)

Gine said...

I do appreciate good companies when I have it. But when I'm alone, I'm not necessarily lonely :)

My problem of having people who're too independent is that they think they're so great whenever he can do all things by himself. He fails to see and appreciate that even if he can do all things by himself, he can achieve even more with teamwork. The attitude of not expanding the possibility of going further frustrates me.