It’s a common conception that all human beings crave
intimacy. It’s considered as one of the few important stuffs a human needs to
experience… you know before they have their eulogies written. Everyone seeks
this comfort, the comfort of human touch, the tingling pleasure of cuddling,
the satiated state attained by holding hands, the mutual care for each other.
I, being a human, also seek the aforementioned things as much, but I did
something that always spoils these intimate emotions… I thought. I brought my
brain into the arena that exclusively houses the delicate yet strong emotions. And
the realities I discovered were so awesome that I thought everyone should
atleast give this thought process some time. When I went into the depths as to
why we seek intimacy that I got some answers. And it also got me asking these
questions to myself: Should intimacy really be taking so much space in our
minds? Does it really deserve the obsession and time we give to it? Isn’t
intimacy over-rated? Isn’t there anything else that could fill up its place? Is intimacy irreplaceable?
But, in the world we live in, a big NO. We have incorporated
it so deep in our world that thinking of a life without it, is like a kid without
a candy.
In my opinion, intimacy is just a part of life and shouldn’t
be considered as something, which is as vital as breathing. If intimacy gets
the place it deserves, the most apt analogy I can think of is of a very
addictive parasite waiting for you to pass through it.
I believe that intimacy, like our other cravings is just an
infatuation, which is fuelled up temporarily by our surroundings and should be
given time to diagnose how much intensity is there. The most important element
spreading such parasites are the movies that we watch, which are meant for
entertainment, but are slowly becoming trendsetters. Everyone wants to incorporate
the lives of our protagonists into our lives, the same melodrama, and the same
level of connection.
It’s the movies that make every person crave for the
physical as well as emotional intimacy. Not every person requires this stuff.
According to my philosophy, every person has some tasks to accomplish, some
goals to achieve and dreams to shatter. Some get intimacy in their lives, and
some don’t. But what movies do is that they overrate these stuffs so much that getting
a first-hand experience seems like a necessary thing to do.
For example, if a person craves, let’s say for something
other than intimacy, then he doesn’t know how much that craving means to him
because no movie has been produced that portrays/exemplify that particular
trait. He would never know to how much extent he wants that unless he achieves
it or ends up disgracing himself in the hunt. And if it’s just a slight appetence,
he may lose sight of it in the wilderness of other desires.
My point is that some deserve it and some don’t. If one gets
it, he should cherish it with all his might. For the “unlucky” ones, they
shouldn’t forcibly try to explore that dimension, while they can actually be
expending their time doing something that deserves their time. Going after something
that is going to give them pain and hopelessness isn’t a great choice,
especially when the world out there needs you and is calling YOU!
