A herd mentality or a purpose in life, where’s your stance?
Following the herd deforms your character. Here’s how I break it down.
We have always heard of fine-lines, and often, fine-lines are linked with one thing and its opposite. And in a world that is persistently rushing you in achieving tasks and perhaps demanding you to follow just the breadcrumbs that would keep you running on the conveyor belt, addressing fine-lines right would most certainly not be as easy as it sounds. When it comes to the sense of belonging, I best specify that I am addressing the aspect that is concerned with the society. Where almost any subject would theoretically have its pros and cons, I struggle to comprehend the percentage’s distribution when it comes to the pros and cons of a collectivist society. And that may be a purely subjective matter, but what is this but a space where I am immersed in an exercise to try and objectively express my opinion regarding a certain conviction?
Moving forward, given the fact that I represent an individual in a collectivist society, how could one find the fitting instruments for him to achieve a rational balance between seeking a purpose in life and a healthy sense of belonging? It is worth to note here that by mentioning the seeking of a purpose, there is a strong hidden implication that one’s internal bond, self-peace, metacognition, and finding a meaning in life, are in direct correlation with one’s attainment of a purpose in his life. With that into mind, we clearly understand that your sense of belonging may act as the perfect high-wire walk, with nothing protecting you from falling into the noise of the herd-mentality, but yourself. That is why we have “seeking a purpose in life” on the other side of the coin.
Mentalities matter, and they matter the most. In a song where all compositions must fall into their sweet spot for you to enjoy the flawless harmony, your mindset is the entity that orchestrates it all. But before your mindset gains the ability to conduct such an intricate exercise through aligning many different attributes, you must guide it thoroughly and cautiously. There’s an old saying: “tough times make tough men, tough men make easy times, easy times make easy men, and easy men make tough times.” Inspecting it, I quite believe that we are living in easy times, and in such an example, I would utterly rather not be a perpetrator in the act of shaping a tough time for the future generations on the planet.
It is easier for a person to incubate himself in a comfort zone and as another head in the flock, however; once you’re in there and depends on how long you’ve been succumbed into it, it may take you an astronomical amount of effort to leave it. Your neural circuits are all thickened and forged.
One wonders and wanders in thought; how difficult could it be for a person to take a deep look in the inside? To abide by his own ethics, morals, and values?
Matshona Dhliwayo said that: “A diamond is just a rock that refused to break under heat and pressure.”
And that’s just what each individual is, a diamond. By allowing the society and the herd-mentality to conquer you, you automatically devalue yourself. When looking at life and the general public I almost instantly think, do they really not prefer to connect with themselves and think, or is it their minds that by now lack the disposition of analytical thinking?
