Voila! Another one!!!

"In view, a humble vaudevilian veteran, cast vicariously by the vicissitudes of fate!" - from the all-famous "V"!

But... are we all not mere actors who seem to be permitted to stage only one act! An act that we consider so precious and oh so dear that it seems an almost distantly concieved idea to think of his co-stars, of his fellow artists! Under the mask of the character that we are assigned we are all absolutely the same, period! Yet, what is visible to us is nothing more than the character that is portrayed!

The flip side to this is that when one realises this, it is often very easy to forget the role that one is meant to play and is caught between worlds, one, that tells him lets him see only the character and not the person behind the mask, and the other, that is the fruit of his realisation that tells him that one isn't very different from the other nor himself!

In the cast that I see around me, particularly at my job, the clash of the 2 thought patterns is so stark that it sometimes hurts to understand the distinction. I see boys my age and younger and men, fully - bred over - grown men who take their daily orders from me. Sure they are merely playing a role! But is there not a reason as to why they have been cast their roles and i've been bestowed with the honour of the role that is to lead the pack (if I may...). I try and find a balance in terms of doing my job and respecting each individual for the fact that they are all equal, as I am, to any other man on the face of the earth today, but where exactly is that balance and what does it compromise?

Man, life isn't the least bit easy... is it?!?!?!?