"Man is a social animal. He who lives without society is either a beast or God"~Aristotle
Being social animals , we are constantly trying to fit
ourselves in this social structure. In the process we
meet many people, good and bad (a subjective opinion). Some stay for long, some
don’t. Some though stay with us for a short time yet leave a deep impact on us
and we consequently have everlasting memories of them. Some do not leave very
good impressions on our minds and we loath to recollect them. In the whole process
we and our minds in particular are so engrossed in the societal issues that we
forget there is something more to us than just being a social animal.
Consider a situation in which a person wakes up in the
morning and the entire humanity has vanished. There is just him and him alone. The
society that had so far shaped every thought of him, had been so deeply
engrossed in his mind that he could not imagine a day without it , had vanished. What then?
The first thing that would probably happen is denial. His
subconscious would take a little longer to come to terms with the fact that it happened.
And finally when he realizes that it happened and that he was all by himself now,
he would feel the pain of being alone.
Those whom he loved deeply are no more.
There is void, there is silence, there is nothingness! Possibly the same
feeling he had when he lost the person he loved the most at some point in life earlier.
But then there were others to substitute the lost friend. The endless list of
people who kept coming in his life made up to the loss in some way or the other. The time healed the wounds to some
extent if not entirely and life went on. But this was a different situation. No
substitute. Just him!
What now?
This is a question we confront at some point of time (Most
of us, if not all!) But the substitutes in life are so readily available that
we do not get enough time to ponder over it. And why not, we are social beings
after all. We are craving for company. For our survival!
But what if …?
