Saturday, February 05, 2005

Alligator

I got the article from a friend's blog... interesting... meaningful... depth.



An alligator living within a pool of flamingoeS?

The word is "Incompatibility", the nicer equivalent euphemism is "Differences between co-habitants".

The alligator has no one that sees eye to eye with it. At the very most, all it can see is the stocky legs of the flamingoes. In the very basic sense of nature, flamingoes and the alligator have very different points of view on life. The alligator will not try to convince the flamingoes to grow teeth and impenetrable skin and impose upon the flamingoes the art of survival and dietary habits of an alligator.

It won't work, and the flamingoes are likely to think that the alligator is too different for their liking. Well, the alligator could try its very best to merge itself within the flock of pink and flurry white feathers, but... it is just so conspicuously different.

Over time, the alligator will probably grow tired of trying to be with the main flamingo crowd, cos it simply ain't the life of an alligator.

The alligator's life philosophy of "The world as you see it" is not applicable here. Cos the world is not entirely made up of greenback that bare their teeth in the swamps. There are flamingoes, and in this particular alligator's habitat, the world is full of flamingoes.

At some point in time, the alligator must awake to its senses that because it is surrounded by flamingoes, it cannot expect to use the eyes/perspective of an alligator to look at the habitat. At the same time, it must also realise that itself is not a flamingo and will never be one, so it would be wiser to drop that illusion that it can be one by simply trying to.

Assuming the alligator is a non-flamingo eater, and that the alligator has problems communicating with the co-habitants, then maybe it should, for once try the direct opposite of what it has always been endeavouring; instead of blending in, why not be a true alligator?

Perhaps the alligator should realise that it does not have to depend on the flamingoes to determine its identity and role in the natural habitat, and for once, be proud of what it is; A sole alligator in a pool of flamingoes.


dk scribbled
1:51 AM
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