I Am Not Okay
The four most difficult words to say, especially for people considered to be strong.
It is an admission of weakness, and sometimes even if the said person feels comfortable enough to admit it, the society is quick to milk his or her vulnerability.
The sad truth is, admission of not being okay can go in two opposite directions, and more often than not, it goes South.
The world needs to make fellow humans feel a little more comfortable in their skins, comfortable to admit their wrongs without the fear of becoming an invoiced outcast; comfortable enough to admit weaknesses without being judged for same.
But here is the dilemma of the human race: each human judging the other human through his or her own strengths and weaknesses, forgetting we are not created the same.
My strengths may be your weaknesses, and vice versa. It is therefore wrong and shameful to judge someone’s admission of not being able to cope with a particular situation as a sign of weakness just because you are strong in this particular field. So also, when the tables turn.
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Alas however, humankind will not learn; we will keep judging one another through our individual weaknesses, shortcomings and failures.
I am not okay…seemingly easy words to speak but vastly damning a confession to make. People therefore live everyday lives in a movie, merely acting out a role. Some miseries however cannot be completely hidden.
If as a society, we don’t encourage these words to be spoken, how about looking out for unspoken signs? There is hardly anyone putting up a facade of strength that does not have an accompanying opposite body expressions.
But alas, we miss the little tell tale signs that should aid us help a dying friend. Ultimately, this is the doom of the human race.
Love, the easiest gift of all, this ends up being the scarcest and most difficult of all.