My way and the highway. Same difference.

You are right and I am right and let us all live in peace. Why can't people live with that? Why is it that one feels a sense of achievement only when he has submission from the other party, some credit for being the right one in the discussion? Or is that the point of a discussion?...to go hoist a teeny weeny flag of victory in the cranium of the other, a fort conquered, a point made.. 1-Luv ...Point 1 to Y, next serve X.

I always wonder about people who are so adamant about their way being the only right way. The inflexible, “my way or the highway” attitude sometimes seems to me like one’s desperate attempt at convincing the critic within self, more than the other party in discussion; like repeating something a hundred times will somehow make it all real. A frantic attempt at holding on to beliefs, eyes & ears shut to what the other person is saying, lest the other person says something that shakes the foundation of our belief system of many years. How far do we go before we snap under pressure of our own rigidity?

On the other hand, if someone is stuck up on flexibility, does that make the person stuck up or flexible!? As someone very intelligent said, “Too much of anything is a bad thing”. Maybe even the case with flexibility. Flexibility is great, one of the most important traits required to take us through life, but where do we draw the line?

Does flexibility mean being a “YES” man at all times? Saying yes to anything and everything just so we can keep those around us happy... at the expense of being unhappy ourselves ? Does it mean living a life sans an opinion of our own, going by another’s opinion...just so that peace prevails!? Give up ones freewill, so as to be the martyr in the battle for peace. How far do we go before someone snaps a collar around our necks for being a tad bit too flexible?

And then, maybe true flexibility is just about acknowledging the other point of view, it is about being aware of an alternate reality which is as real as our own and being comfortable with the differences. No pressure to make it a one view world. Live and let live.

A good debater never lives under the false impression of a one sided story. He knows both sides of the story and decides to argue from a side he is more comfortable with, knowing very well that there exists another view, one that is as real as his own. Only if we could tackle life and the varied views of the bioscope with similar scrutiny, evolve so our views are inclusive instead of exclusive of realities other than our own.

Someday, flexible or not, we will question our own beliefs, Ask why!? And I pray real hard, when that happens, the voice that replies back is our own and there is no stranger we see in the mirror.

This is your Life

Limon Y Sal

As part of the assignment at Spanish class, I had to translate the Julieta Venegas song ,"Limon y Sal" and describe the video. I was quite thrilled for coming across a love song that I absolutely loved almost instantly and a video that I love even more.

The video is of a Charles Chaplin-esque silent black and white quality, with the song playing in the background. It is no word to word nursery school dramatization of the song, but is so multi layered and convoluted that it adds to the dimension of the song itself.

I started this post, wanting to narrate the story... my interpretation of the song. The multi layered dream that it is, a story within a story, all the deciphering, that was enough to get me ecstatic over something others dismissed for its weirdness.I am no sheep. I love weird.

Although, as I continue writing this, the interpretation does not seem too important.It would be the inception of an additional layer to the story, and I'd rather have you design your own story. A story I absolutely love. A story I hope you see.

Julieta Venegas - Limon Y Sal (Official Music Video). Watch more top selected videos about: Julieta Venegas

Tengo que confesar que a veces, no me gusta tu forma de ser,

(I have to confess that sometimes, I don't like the way you are)

luego te me desapareces y no entiendo muy bien porque,

(then you disappear & I don't understand very well why)

no dices nada romantico cuando llega el atardecer,

(You say nothing romantic, when it is dark)

te pones de un humor extraño con cada luna llena al mes.

(You are in a strange mood with evert full moon of the month)

Pero a todo lo demás, le gana lo bueno que me das,

(But all that remains, is get the good you give meh)

solo tenerte cerca, siento que vuelvo a empezar.

( Only having you close to me, I feel that I'm back to the start)

Chorus

Yo te quiero con limon y sal, (I love lemon & salt)

yo te quiero tal y como estas,(I love you as you are)

no hace falta cambiarte nada,(You don't need to change nothing)

yo te quiero si vienes o si vas, ( I love you if you come or if you go)

si subes y bajas y no estas seguro de lo que sientes.

(If you are high & low & you are not sure of what you feel)

Tengo que confesarte ahora, nunca creí en la felicidad,

(I have to confess to you now, I never believed in happiness

a veces algo se le parece, pero es pura casualidad,

(sometimes some things seem a certain way,but is pure coincidence)

Luego me vengo a encontrar con tus ojos me dan algo mas,

(Then I come to find with your eyes they give me something more)

solo tenerte cerca, siento que vuelvo a empezar.

(Only to have you close, I feel that I am back to the start)

Chorus x 2

Solo tenerte cerca siento que vuelvo a empezar.

(Only to have you close, I feel that I am back to the start)