Like Another World
Tuesday, 19. August 2008, 01:25:36
There are alot of people that seem to stay in the world that they are comfortable in, whether its the small town they were born and raised in, or the big cities of bustling cars and fast paced people. Rarely do such people get a glimpse into how other people live or think.
I had an opportunity to do such by just going to the mall. I normally go to the malls close to home, which involve Targets or Walmarts, nothing too expensive or fancy. That is my comfort zone, something that has always been familiar since as far back as I can remember. Do not get me wrong, I have seen alot more than that, but I have never seen anything like what I saw today. The instant you walk into the mall there is a rush of men in business suits and women in fancy dresses and expensive jewelry. I felt so out of place in my jeans and sweatshirt. I felt like I was an outsider. Every store we passed had models with no faces sitting or standing in posh positions wearing the latest in high end fashion.
While passing one store, a man in a polo shirt and very expensive looking dockers came out of a fancy store with a huge bag full of whatever he had bought in the store. This did not amaze me as much as him casually walking right into the store right next to it, which was equally as expensive. He looked like he owned he place, or atleast could if he wanted to buy it.
Everybody has different lives, everybody has different ways of getting money, and while they may look so much different, so alien, are they really any different? If you take that same man I was talking about, and dressed him in clothes from Walmart or Target, would he be a different man? Would his confidence fade or would he still believe he could own the world?
A part of me want to say that he is still the same, no matter what clothes you wear, and then a part of me wants to have those clothes, be like them, but would I still be me if I had grown up in such a rich environment? Everybody wants what they can't have but if you have everything, then what would you want?
I do not know if I will ever go to that mall again, not out of awkwardness or the feeling of unfamiliarity, but because I don't know if I want to be like them. In the end I may end up getting a good job and being able to afford some of the things in that mall, but as for know, I think I am fine with what I have. I want what I have.
I had an opportunity to do such by just going to the mall. I normally go to the malls close to home, which involve Targets or Walmarts, nothing too expensive or fancy. That is my comfort zone, something that has always been familiar since as far back as I can remember. Do not get me wrong, I have seen alot more than that, but I have never seen anything like what I saw today. The instant you walk into the mall there is a rush of men in business suits and women in fancy dresses and expensive jewelry. I felt so out of place in my jeans and sweatshirt. I felt like I was an outsider. Every store we passed had models with no faces sitting or standing in posh positions wearing the latest in high end fashion.
While passing one store, a man in a polo shirt and very expensive looking dockers came out of a fancy store with a huge bag full of whatever he had bought in the store. This did not amaze me as much as him casually walking right into the store right next to it, which was equally as expensive. He looked like he owned he place, or atleast could if he wanted to buy it.
Everybody has different lives, everybody has different ways of getting money, and while they may look so much different, so alien, are they really any different? If you take that same man I was talking about, and dressed him in clothes from Walmart or Target, would he be a different man? Would his confidence fade or would he still believe he could own the world?
A part of me want to say that he is still the same, no matter what clothes you wear, and then a part of me wants to have those clothes, be like them, but would I still be me if I had grown up in such a rich environment? Everybody wants what they can't have but if you have everything, then what would you want?
I do not know if I will ever go to that mall again, not out of awkwardness or the feeling of unfamiliarity, but because I don't know if I want to be like them. In the end I may end up getting a good job and being able to afford some of the things in that mall, but as for know, I think I am fine with what I have. I want what I have.
WIDGETIZE