They say greatness isn't achieved unless looked for. They say happiness isn't achieved unless searched for. They say life doesn't exist if not chased after. Here lies, the biggest hipocrisy of society: Life as it is, isn't what exist, but stands as a mere hint of what it should be. And it is that wishful dreaming that people chase after calling it life, calling it society, calling it living.
Small talks, small talks makes up most of what's called a conversation. Pretencious mannerism of a fake smile and an impersonal "Hi" defines socializing. Being 'nice' is all that counts. Meet someone say a few good words and your done for the day. No matter what's going in your gut wrenching thoughts. People stand, as faceless mirrors, bouncing off others' reactions. Go ahead and smile to them, they smile back, stay away and refrain and they stay still as cold mirrors. A mere reflection of your action, is that what defines a society - a mere reflection of what you do?
Interaction, they say consists of more than one input, but if the other's a mere reflection, does that still count as an interaction?
People are big on the my-life's-so-great-that-I-can't-stop-appreciating-you thing. Go ahead and tell a stranger that their hair looks great and they'll smile as if they own the world. So, in a sense, some people like the society to be a mirror. A mirror that reflects their own image - a happy, beautiful image. So, people start searching for the mirrors that reflect themselves as world's greatest creation. They talk to people who admire them, praise them, smile at them. Take it all out and they turn away. The mirror doesn't show the happy image anymore. And so on they move bouncing from one person to the other, looking for mirror after mirror, when all they want to see is their own image.
Narcissism, you call it. But look around, it's normality.
Faceless mirrors bouncing off images, where one shines as long as you shine on them. And then, it's complete cold darkness.
"The selfish theyre all standing in line...
Faith in their hope and to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by,
I only own my mind." - Eddie Vedder (I am mine)