Saddies, it’s not THAT bad!

Shakti Shetty
Shaktian Space
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2 min readApr 4, 2013

If you think you’re born to be unhappy, you are not alone. That’s also why you shouldn’t take pride in the fact that you reek of sadness. Sad folks — or saddies if you may — by definition, take delight in being unhappy. As if an invisible compulsion is stopping them from smile and breathe a bit deeper. They are an interesting lot though. Their whole operation is conducted furtively and not everyone notices some of their most subtle nuances. All it takes are some moments to spare and observe. You talk to them and you know why they spent so much time on the non-living creatures and so less time on the living ones. There’s a set pattern in behavior too. Unfortunately, like i said earlier, the non-saddies prefer to stay away. Perhaps sadness is a communicable disease and hence it’s avoided. Nobody wants to take a chance. Having said that, a part of the blame should fall on the saddies as well. They don’t want to look beyond the darkness of grief. Their pain is deliberately amplified everyday so much so that they refuse to heal. The warm tears in their eyes soothe them to such an extent that laughter sounds like noise. Loneliness turns into a thick blanket and memories victimize at will. If only they could see how beautiful the world is despite its flaw and unforgiving nature. Shun society if you like but why not give tomorrow a chance? Life seems worst but it could have been worse. Survival ain’t a curse. After all, it allows one the strength to be proud of being alive, unhappy, lonely and yet kicking.

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Shakti Shetty
Shaktian Space

I am a Mangalore-based copywriter and a wannabe (published) writer and I blog randomly about not-so-random topics to stay insane.