musings of a boy

ORD LOH!

The time is almost here. The end is upon me. The chapter will be closed and a new one opened. I am really happy that I am done with my army, for now at least. I finally have the time to do the stuff I wanted to, and no that isn't clubbing excessively cause I am honestly bored of that. Well but the surprising thing is that underneath the happiness I actually feel kinda sad leaving. There are many things I am going to miss about the army but nothing more than the people I have meet there.

I guess I have been sheltered through out my school life. I went to reputable schools and although there were the occasional weirdos I generally mixed with like minded people. People who had life paths similar to mine, walking the same roads, with roughly the same goals.

In the army I have meet people who have been in and out of jail for all sorts of crimes and surprisingly they aren't the monsters that society makes them out to be. Yes they have done stuff which are wrong and criminal, well some of them are seriously screwed up in the mind, but the majority of them committed their crimes in a moment of pure stupidity and some out of desperate need. If given a chance they are actually nice people, good friends who are filled with a lot of remorse and regret for their past. If I was still in school I probably would never be given the chance to meet such people cause we are brainwashed by teachers, parents and many others that these people are monsters that should be avoided at all cost. I guess now thanks to the army I would be more willing to give these people a second chance, a chance to prove they have changed for the better.

Basically I think the army has forced me to interact with an varied mix of characters. Previously I could choose my friends, choose my cliques. In the army I have had learn to work and cooperate with others, even those I normally wouldn't hang out with. I guess I have changed a lot in the army I have matured for sure, but on some levels I think I have become a more cynical person.

I think what I am trying to say is that we tend to judge people too soon. We tend to form an opinion of someone even before we meet them, based on what others have to say. When we hear someone is an ex convict we immediately think of him as a bad person and would treat him as such. This I feel is very very unfair. Everyone deserves a fair chance to prove themselves. I myself am guilty many times of forming opinions of people I don't even know but I hope I can change now that I realize my mistakes.

posted by vignesh @ 12:09 AM