Saturday, August 30, 2014

Wrting out of love about "establishing ties"



 The virtual world and the ties in it are not that different from the real world, or most probably I am wrong. You read me and decide for yourself. I must be missing something here, either I don't belong to the virtual world or I belong and I just take it too seriously :)

The Little Prince in his journey meets a fox. He wants to play with the fox but the fox says: I am not tamed. The little prince doesn't know what” tame” means.

Fox: " It is an act often neglected, it means to establish ties."

The Little Prince: "To establish ties?"

Fox: „just that”, „ to me you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me...but if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world...”

Fox: Please tame me!

The Little Prince:  I want to very much but I have not much time. I have friends to discover, and a great many things to understand.”

Fox: „one only understands the things that one tames, men have no more time to understand  anything.....”
The Little Prince asked the fox what must I do to tame you? 

Fox: „You must be very patient, first you will sit down at a little distance from me....I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. but you will sit a little closer to me, everyday...it would have been better to come back at the same hour every day.”

The Little Prince tamed the fox, and when the hour of his departure drew near „Ah” said the fox „ I shall cry”.

It is your fault said the little Prince.” I never wished you any sort of harm but you wanted me to tame you...”

„ Yes, that is so,” said the fox.

And the fox cried.

Did you ask to be tamed? Or did someone try hard to tame you? Did you cry when he/she left? What if you hadn’t asked to be tamed and you were tamed. And you are lonely and you are crying like the little fox?

Hmmm...!!! Go wash your face! You have mistaken yourself for a fox, you are The Little Prince/ss, this life seems to be about establishing ties and responsibilities. Make sure you don’t make anyone cry <3 and remember the responsibilities :)
I think we all belong to this virtual world, we have created it. As to me I feel I should, in general, take it easier :)

+NASA 

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