Something Amiss

 

Above is just a short video clip of the Roman empire. The time period are all in BC i.e. before the common era.

Of late I have not been feeling well, hence the rather erratic and short content published. One thing is fatigue, the other is lack of sleep. 

Many things and strange words are entering our vocabulary and I find it disturbing. The world is changing at break neck speed and honestly I find the pace of change uncomfortable. I do not believe everyone can grasp the essence of such changes. To much change at too fast a pace also gathers no moss. Let alone, the field is often full of reeds and weeds.

It is easy to fall into the trap of being too judgmental. I try as much as possible not to fall prey to this flaw in human nature. My story commenced about two years ago when I began seriously to try to re-connect with ex-classmates of our alma mater. But I found to my surprise I came up against a wall of indifference or total disregard of the efforts I was trying to effect. The time warp had already done its damage and what we did together when we were schoolkids did not carry much weight any longer. The one or two I managed to eke out a reply, replied negatively about the hard times they faced after leaving school. It was more of a story of woe than a story of sharing and reliving past memories. Some were non-committal and you did not know how you were perceived through their lens.

As I grew more depressed I decided to discontinue my soul searching efforts and just focus on the present and the future dumping the past into the trash can where it rightfully belonged. No longer the thought of connecting with ex-classmates sounded attractive anymore. Teachers were even worse I could not recollect the names of most of them and could remember vaguely images of their faces those days long ago. I guess some of them are no longer in this world either due to their extreme age. Maybe a handful still remained, I could not be sure.