Young: Restless & Restricted
My 13-year-old friend Rachel left a comment on my post regarding the dilemma of trees. I suspect, being profound beyond her age, she might have misunderstood certain positive message I tried to convey in that passage. When I finally had a chance to talk to her over the phone, this was what we exchanged:
“You know, the trees have no choice, but we human beings do.” I said.
“The reality is we human beings are restricted.” She said, apparently following her own logic.
“Yes, but we could choose.” I assured her.
“It’s quite a complicated matter to talk over the phone.” She said, like an auntie that she is not, at the other end of the line across the ocean and the continent.
“Ok, let’s hold the thoughts. We will talk it over on the dinner table.” I agreed.
“You know, the trees have no choice, but we human beings do.” I said.
“The reality is we human beings are restricted.” She said, apparently following her own logic.
“Yes, but we could choose.” I assured her.
“It’s quite a complicated matter to talk over the phone.” She said, like an auntie that she is not, at the other end of the line across the ocean and the continent.
“Ok, let’s hold the thoughts. We will talk it over on the dinner table.” I agreed.
posted by minimum at
9:50 PM
2 Comments:
Hehehe!! they sure are smart ..!
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Anonymous, at 3:09 AM
Gee, Auntie Min!
I feel so special after you write so positively of my prescence.
But moving on...
My point is is that, to an extent, many people don't have the freedom to choose what we do.
For example:
I am trapped.
I don't have the freedom to walk out on the street and run away to the circus because I am trapped.
I don't have the freedom to eat as much junk food as I want simply because a certain character by the name of Min puts restrictions on things like that.
Not only am I PHYSICALLY trapped.
But I am mentally trapped.
Sometimes, I don't have the freedom to think exactly what I want because of politics, physics, psycology, etc.
We are all put to restrictions, Auntie Min.
I'm not saying we're not as free as the trees; we're obviously MUCH more free as they are; they are inanimate. They aren't human, and they don't get nearly any input in what happens to them.
Quietly and discreetly do they moan. Just like humans.
Now, this element of personification I used was to make a point.
Are we really as free as we think we are?
Of course not.
Freedom is always either, underestimated, or overlooked, and that's why one could assume that humans are completely free, as opposed to something like trees or rocks, or animals do.
We are trapped, in our own way.
Ever heard of slavery?
That's a HUGE point that shouldn't even be pointed out. These people that were trapped underneath this controversy of slavery had no choice.
It was either die today, or die tomorrow. They didn't have a voice.
They didn't have freedom of speech, not the freedom to do or think what they want.
Just like trees.
I know that's a long time ago; but again, I'm just making a point.
But if this doesn't convince you that humans are sometimes equally as trapped as inanimate objects are, then perhaps I really DID misunderstand some of your points.
It was simply because the topic struck me as interesting, and I wanted to dig a little deeper into the concept.
Thanks for sharing. <3
-Rachel
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