Most of what's out there now is fluff. And don't think that it's only E! that's rolling out all of the rubbish...
There are stories out there though, of a different kind. Some of these other stories, whether you may agree with them or disapprove of everything that they stood for, can touch you in a place somewhere deep that you would have never expected to be rattled. Looking at it pragmatically, you wonder why such a story could bring tears to your eyes. It's the normal fame, sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Why does it make a connection with something within you? Hasn't everything that could be said, been said?
There's just something about it that connects with us, but we can't quite put a finger on it. It moves us to bits and shatters our defensive wall into pieces. It screams out, "Hey! I'm talking to you!" and how can you possibly ignore that when the voices are so mesmerizingly close. Funnily enough they don't stalk you down the street. They stand as a wallflower as you do a double-take and only after much internal debate with yourself do you decide to go check out what else they have to say to you.
Most people tune in expecting to hear something profound or inspirational. Most times it isn't what we want to hear. And even if what they say has nothing to do with your life we make the connections. His daughter's death makes you realize how neglected your own children are, the musician's suicide attempts makes you see how lucky you are to be poor and, abandonment cases make you thankful for those few special people in your life that are there for you even if it is only for those short two minute conversations every other day as you both head off to work..
Before you know it the voice of the story has spent the night and shared your breakfast with you. You desperately try to hold on to it because you know once it leaves it'll leave that gaping hole of a mark. You try to savor every last moment as it slips out of your hands but the tighter you cling the faster it disappears. Just like certain people in your life, they weren't meant to stay. Just leave that mark.
And oh, what a mark it leaves.
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Labels: connections, life stories, people, relationships
posted by Pb, lead at 11:04 PM