A Barrel of a whole society

As i get closer to the ppl of my community and my class, same education and level of intellect, i get a picture, or a metaphor, of a barrel that looks fully stacked from the outside, looking really heavy, but in reality it is just an empty barrel with a tightly closed lid, and maybe there is a fierce bloody hound guarding thr lid. So that noone can open it to have a look inside, and see how empty it really is.

Now, u r desiring things, and working for them, and it does not have Anything to do with what the inside of the barrel suggests, in other words: as if u r rest assured that the barrel is completely filled and closed, so u have nothing left to do but decorate the outside of the barrel, adding ur colourful touch to it according to what u desire, and to what u see worth placing on the crust of the barrel.

But that anomaly naturally leads to another anomaly, visible only to the people who do not want to add any decorations to the barrel, but they wanna open it and fill it up, they can really see how the barrel now looks like a clown, coz people added their touch, the one they see good enough for themselves, but has nothing to do with what the others add.

Pathetic!

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Anonymous said…
have some faith in ppl and the human spirit my dear abdo, change is amongst us, give it a chance and let go of pessimism and cynicism! The beautuful thing about Egypt and Egyptians, is that things r so shitty around us that theres only room for improvement and to better ourselves, now thats something to be happy about!!!
Take care abdo, keep ur head up
3:08 pm, January 25, 2007
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