Just Be.


What’s the Point of Over-Analysing Things?

All the time I try to analyse things. My behaviour, the behaviour of those around me, general life routines. I try to see a pattern, understand things better, so that I feel like I'm prepared. But the more I analyse, I realise that there is no algorithm, no pattern. Everyone is unpredictable, and that is what makes everyone unique. No one can be broken down, deciphered because everyone is too complex. I try to analyse my thoughts and actions but I find that impossible too. This is mainly because, more often than not, I act impulsively and I don't know what caused me to act that way or whether that action defines me in any way. Through time man has spent lots of energy just trying to understand everything, because it makes him feel more in control of what's happening. However, in this universe everything is out of anyone's control. No one knows anyone well enough, not even close - they don't even know themselves. If I am asked how I would react to a situation, my answer would be something I have convinced myself I would do. Something ideal and praiseworthy, something I decided after sufficient thought. But if I am pushed into such a situation I'm probably not going to be able to think straight and do the perfect thing - I will probably make mistakes. Real life is not how our physics textbooks describe it, real life is not IDEAL.




Writer

Himanshi Gupta

(Grade 10)