Living In A Bubble
We live in a cage;
Our era and race;
Our country and culture
Gender and place.
We live in a bubble,
That determines our mind;
Our attitudes and feelings
And to what we are blind.
Our lives in a bubble.
We cannot escape.
The walls are invisible
That is our fate!
Opher – 18.2.2024
If I’d have been born in Pakistan I’d probably be a practising Muslim; if in India a devout Hindu; in the Southern States a Christian.
We tend to take on the beliefs, culture, attitudes and way of life of the time and culture we find ourselves immersed in. It dictates our lives.
I was lucky. I was brought up in a home, in a loving family, without religion, politics or strong cultural practices. When I grew up I could investigate, think, explore and decide. I could discover what I believed in.
My family brought me up with the idea of fairness and justice, of love and tolerance. That gave me a good grounding to enable me to have a bigger prison than many.
I think that breaking out of one’s bubble is nigh on impossible.