Hey all (: I know I have not updated since forever, and yes, my deepest apologies to my readers, especially those who have been asking me for my next update. Well the reason why I took so much time off, is because in this entry, I wanted to share with you something a little more important to me. I usually share something that i had thought about, sparked by something I experienced. However, over the week I felt that, this time, I wanted to allow myself to encounter and explore more into these thoughts before sharing it with you all. (:

All the world is a stage. A cliche, much overused and under-appreciated. Each and every one of us play roles, be it the leading lady, or the less well-known Villager Number 225.

Is it who we are, who define the roles we play? Or is it the roles that we are subjected to that make us the people that we are? Maybe a little bit of both.

Also, this time to think had reminded me of what I had learnt in school not too far back. We learnt about the roles that each person plays, for example, I play the role of a friend, a sister, a daughter, a student, a Muslim and the list goes on.

And for each person there are 2 key conflicts when it comes to roles. First comes the intra-role conflict. This is where there is inner conflict within one role that we play. For example, a role of a teacher. Sometimes a teacher's role may conflict with her personality, the way she am. Such as in the case of an impatient person with a short-temper, and she has to then put that aside and be patient with her students.

Then there is inter-role conflict, which is probably something on a larger scale. This is when again a teacher, could also play the role of a mother. And she gets somewhat caught between the role she plays to her daughter as a mother, and the role she plays to her students as a teacher. Its when roles overlap and lines get blurred.

I suppose with all this talk about roles, what we really need is balance. And that I think, could most probably be the hardest thing to achieve. Balance between our personalities, obligations and the interwoven tapestry of both.

How do we strike this balance? How do we define the lines between each role, and more importantly stay within those lines?

I may continue to ponder on this, my next post most probably will be about something else, but I assure you this, I will soon write again about this, when a new day comes and it helps me answer some of the questions that I still have on the thought.

Feel free to talk to me about your answers or thoughts on the matter too. (: It'd really help, and I will share ( with your permission of course ), so the we all learn something and explore a little further that our safety zones.

Takecare all of you.
I shall meet you again very soon. (: