RE: The Importance of Being Accompanied
Greetings, everybody. This is a very important and controversial topic. I actually wrote a post inspired by my daughters' conflicts with company where I advocate solitude or aloneness as a possitive state of mind and being when company is toxic or corrupting.
That being said, I am fully aware of how important it is for us to be associated with others and to connect with communities (Steemit is probably the best example).
I had to read this story. I think it is a perfect tale to illustrate the issue of company or lack of it.
Thanks for introducing us to one more great Venezuelan writer.
I agree with you that humans are creatures, just one more species of animal, only more cerebral and more cruel.
We call ourselves superior/developed/intelligent, but we do things to other members of our groups that no animal does.
As you describe at the beginning, some animals even voluntarily stay away from the group if they fear that may jeopardize their welfare, in other instances, if the animal is injured, for example, the group may get rid of it, but the healthier and stronger animals tend to be leaders of packs, etc. With humans, not always the best specimens are the ones doing the leading :)
Our politicians have proven that (they obviously have other "qualities" that have allowed them to remain in power and prevents the rest to do something about it), but they are not the best and they have put the whole group/country in danger.
I also advocate loneliness, not imposed, but the loneliness needed to be with oneself. I always remember the film The Shipwrecked One, where the man had to invent a friend in order not to feel so alone. That's what it's all about! Thank you for your comment, @hlezama.
You're welcome. Are you talking about Tom Hanks' Cast Away? Wilson, the ball, quite a needed company, although I think Hanks' character might have been more successful had he tried capturing a parrot and teaching it to talk :)
I think that we need as much company as we need introspection. Most of the problems peole have with friends, family and co-workers derive from our inability or unwillingness to see ourselves from outside, to accept our defects and do something about them.
It's as if the political class as a whole has severed its ties with humanity and serves only its own interests. We need to get back to governing ourselves in smaller communities to better address the challenges present in those communities. There are too many laws we must follow, which suck up our time and resources trying to verify we've complied!