The Thursday Thought -

Stating ones mind can be rather difficult. All of us have probably gone through the experience of standing in front of the class room, looking at ones class mates and not knowing if one was going to be able to hold the speech on drugs without messing up. In that instant all you want to do is sit down again you do the only thing you think will help. Talk. You talk quickly, very quickly, in the hope that it will all soon be over but the shaking of your hands and the feeling as though your stomach is shaking as well persists, even after you sit down. Why do things like this occur? Why can’t you just stand up in front of the world and state your opinion?

Stress. Yep stress is the word. Today’s meaning of this word is rather different from the actual function/meaning. When we hear the word stress these days we think of work, of any type of problems we have and the like. The ‘real’ use for stress however was to be able to run from or fight with enemies (such as a fox, wolf or the like that might approach or attack us in the wilderness) one still does refer to this type of stress these days though. ‘Fight or flight’ I believe, would be how it would more commonly be mentioned.

The same ‘fight or flight’ reaction that is taking control over your body when you are nervous about standing up in front of your class. And quite truthfully I don’t know anyone who isn’t one bit nervous, when stating his or her opinion to a larger group of people. Not one person (this including some outstanding actors that I have the honour of knowing). I will however stop talking right now if someone comes forward and says that they have never and are never one bit nervous in front of a group.

O no wait. I can’t ask my dear readers to do that though can I? It does seam as though an awful lot of people have popped into this site but it’s soooo hard to state an opinion, isn’t it? ..no? well then why is it that only some rather dear and close friends seam to have been able to manage the hard, hard job of posting a comment? Because you don’t have an opinion? You don’t have an opinion on bike riding, on intelligence, on communications, on reality OR the universe? O my! And last I knew those were all things that everyone deals with and therefore should have some sort of experience or opinion on. I guess I was wrong. …or was I? Is there something else holding you, my dear reader back from stating your mind?

NASA has made the experience that people are more open to computers than to people, that we are more likely to tell our woes, worries and opinions to a computer, then to a person. Possibly because we know that a person (weather they want to or not) will think differently about you and my even accuse you of the one thing or the other where as a computer wont do that plus we have the feeling of being anonymous but …why would our wonderful readers hold back their opinion/comment/idea/thought then?!!!!!! It shouldn’t be the thought that I, or others will judge you (for, for you I am but merely a virtual chatterbox that just rambles about everything) and so you shouldn’t be getting a type of ‘fight or flight’ reaction that you might be getting if confronted with myself face to face. I persist though (heaven knows even a virtual chatterbox must stop at some point) for I do not know the answer and would like to leave you enough time to get your thoughts together and post it. Why do you think people merely view this site but dont post their comments?

I'm sorry but I can't quite stop there. Till now it sounds as though I am not really asking you to be so kind as too tell us your opinion but more am accusing you of not doing so before. But you see I am rather upset about not hearing your opinion my dear reader for...imagine a world were noone were to say their opinion and ideas. There would be no progress what so ever. Not the small progress of an unimportant person as myself changing and contemplating a different idea and no progress that would affect the world either. Life as we know it wouldn't exist, would it?