19 May 2007

laugh and you laugh alone



This is a very common saying that laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone. i found this statement used in a friends blog(http://poignantrose.blogspot.com/2007/05/exchange-offer-p.html) and either contextually or even otherwise I'd like to differ on.
i would like to humbly submit that the statement 'you laugh and the world laughs with you' is not true and i will provide multiple explanations for the same.

First: when ur happy and laughing u don't see the people who are crying and think that the whole world is sharing ur joy.

and lastly: often people only seem to be happy when you are and that why you think so. in fact the other person may well be quite sad and the fact that you are happy may only trouble the person evermore.


furthermore, when you cry, anyone and every one whose lives you touch to a certain deep extent will be hurt and will in effect be in tears.

so the net number of people who will support you whether ur happy or sad is the same and more often that not it is the same people also.

so ending this post here keeping it short, i think what is important is that you should have people to share things with be it happiness or sadness for that matter and that is what is most important, everyone needs a ear.

3 comments:

Punvati said...

ppl need an excuse to be happy... they see u happy and theyll laugh and share ur joy.. sure some may pretend cos theyre upset ab initio but thats not the case.. everyone will share ur joy but when ur upset, sure ppl will console u cos they think thats wat theyre supposed to do but noone will really care apart from those who really do care.. those will be few and they will go out of their way to try to make things better and be genuinely upset for you... that evryone needs a ear is different in a way.. thts not really the point of this post is it?

Unknown said...

well again i am going to disagree, like people will be prima facie seem happy for you, but that again is as short lived as upset as people will be when they console you. I don't agree and i have an authority as well,
"We all want to be happy, but at the same time, we also don’t."
picked up from http://poignantrose.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2007-03-06T17%3A00%3A00%2B05%3A30
people will show that they are happy because they believe that they should seem happy because you are happy and for no other reason.

The New Age Superhero said...

agree wid the first part.. its all about perception.. how u look at thngs in tht particular mood.. so yes.. the world is how u intend 2 see it.. its a good place if u want 2 look at it tht way.. its one fucked up hell if u wish 2 see it tht way.. so basically the world jst is.. its neither a happy nor a sad place.. it jst exists and we jst look at it in a particular way!