1984

You are locked in a room with your greatest fear.  Describe what is in the room.

Fear is an emotion that everyone experiences sometime in their life.  Be it darkness, heights, spiders, cockroaches, loneliness, silence, ghosts etc.

Being Halloween season, it is a time to dress up in spooky outfits and scare the wits of your friends.

I believe that living humans are more scary than any ghost. There are many humans who harbor vengeance, racism, prejudices, anger and lust and these humans can be very dangerous.  For some reason they have suffered a traumatic childhood or abuse of some kind and they grow up crying for attention.  Such individuals need the help of society and if not they can resort to killing innocent people or wreaking havoc with peoples lives.

The greatest fear is of a repressed person – person who grows up in a family with stoic parents or is bullied in school or a wife who suffers daily abuse.  When we lose our freedom of speech and expression an individual bottles up his/her feelings and eventually it will flare up and lead to an outburst.  Societies who have been treated like slaves for years, have risen in revolt and overthrown dictatorial rulers.

So being locked in a room alone or with such a person is my greatest fear – fear of bondage.

Other interesting posts in this category:
1) https://thoughtsofajunkiemisfit.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/hell-evator/
2) https://rogershipp.wordpress.com/2015/11/01/wolf-spiders/
3) https://ladyleemanila.wordpress.com/2015/11/01/1984-daily-prompt/
4) http://movingtowardsthelight.com/2015/11/02/alone-3/
5) https://lekhamisra.wordpress.com/2015/11/01/a-dark-fear/
6) http://momsorganicbohofoodfun.com/2015/11/01/most-frightening-thing-is-me/
7) https://mattandhiscats.wordpress.com/2015/11/01/1984-the-daily-post/
8) https://varshaav.wordpress.com/2015/11/01/room-of-fear/
9) https://flowersandbreezes.wordpress.com/2015/11/01/fears-in-my-heart/
10) https://isimonfiction.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/daily-prompt-1984/

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Intense

Describe the last time you were surprised by the intensity of a feeling you had about something, or were surprised at how strongly you reacted to something you thought wouldn’t be a big deal.
Photographers, artists, poets: show us INTENSE.

 

Focussed and spirited
We embrace your warmth
Sustainer of life
Fiery, intense

Nothing else matters
When lost in your love
A roller-coaster of emotions
Caring, intense

Playing with toys
Lost in time
The look in your eyes
Free, intense

Living our lives
With joy and gratitude
We unite the world
Peace, intense

 

Other interesting posts in this category:
1) http://neverstationary.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/intense-like-no-other/
2) http://basicallybeyondbasic.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/daily-prompt-intense/
3) http://angloswiss-chronicles.com/2013/11/05/daily-prompt-intense/
4) http://thetemenosjournal.com/2013/11/05/daily-prompt-intense/
5) http://ledrakenoir.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/the-sunlight-of-fall/
6) http://whoison1st.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/intense/
7) http://flowersandbreezes.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/the-intense-joy/

The Mask

 

The curtain of clouds  has cleared
The sun lights the stage
A new day, a new act will be staged
All of us are wearing  masks
The show has begun
Acting is our forte

Sometimes we are a child
Crying out for attention
In another scene we are parents
Teaching our children
An employee at the office
Or a spouse at home

The show is a thriller
With a host of surprises
It has action and emotion
Humour and suspense
You can have popcorn
and coke during the show too

We get carried away in our roles
An emotional roller-coaster
The scenes keep changing
And new actors appear
Time just fleets by
And we have grown old

When will you throw that mask away?
How long can you hide behind that shadow?
Suppressing your true self
The curtains will soon fall
And the sun will set
Come out of that cocoon
And live life carefree

© copyright skm, 27th June, 2011

Laugh out loud

Picture this scenario.  Everyone is silent.  Then all of a sudden there is a loud rip-roaring laughter…..HA HA HA HA HA.  This can totally change the mood and the atmosphere.

Laughter is an emotion that brings joy, changes the mood and can lift everyones spirits. Laughter is  considered a visual expression of happiness, or an inward feeling of joy. It may be triggered from hearing a joke, being tickled, or other stimuli. It is in most cases a very pleasant sensation.
Laughter is one medicine that is fun, free and easy to use.  Easy to use – because laughter transcends language and culture.  Everywhere in the world people laugh in the same manner Ha Ha or He He or Ho Ho… but basically the syllables are the same.

Anatomically, laughter is caused by the epiglottis constricting the larynx and the study of laughter and its physiological benefits is called gelotology.

Origins of laughter:
A study of a pygmy chimpanzees in a German zoo found that when it was tickled it combined vocalizations and facial gestures much like those made by human infants. The finding suggests that our laughter could have its origins in primates.
Babies begin to laugh when they are around 2-3 months old.  They usually giggle, laugh and sqeal with pleasure,  especially when you play the peekaboo game with them. And parents wait with anxiety to see their baby start to laugh.

Laughter has immense health benefits:
.. It relaxes the whole body – by relieving physical tension and stress
.. laughter strengthens the immune system
.. laughter helps to release endorphins – which promote an overall sense of well being
.. it improves the function of blood vessels by increasing blood flow and protects the heart from heart attack
… it acts as a body massage. When you laugh from the belly, it gives your organs a thorough shake and it can even bring tears to your eyes

Laughter also has social benefits:
Using humor and laughter in relationships allows you to:
..Be more spontaneous. Humor gets you out of your head and away from your troubles.
..Release inhibitions. Your fear of holding back and holding on are set aside.
..Express your true feelings. Deeply felt emotions are allowed to rise to the surface.

Laughter Yoga:
Madan Kataria introduced a new form of Yoga called Laughter Yoga in 1995, with merely a handful of persons. Today, it has become a worldwide phenomenon with more than 6000 Social Laughter Clubs in about 60 countries.
Here a group of people who may be complete strangers meet and they just smile and laugh together.  And this sets up a very good atmosphere .
Laughter has a domino effect.. it is contagious.   When you see a person laugh heartily it encourages us to ask – What is the joke? And to laugh together

Do you know what makes you laugh out loud?
Is it  a humorous book .. for me PG Wodehouse is irresistible. Or is it a funny movie – The Naked Gun, or a TV show like Friends, Whose line is it anyway?  Or is it a stand up comedy or just listening to jokes? 

In life we are struck by joys and sorrows which can rock our boat.  In such times we can
.. share a happy moment with family and friends to help to lift our spirits
..count our blessings
..look at things from a different perspective

William James the American author said, “We don’t laugh because we’re happy, we are happy because we laugh.”

Here are some interesting reading on laughter:
http://www.helpguide.org/life/humor_laughter_health.htm
http://www.laughteryoga.org/