I REALLY NEED TO BE NAKED WITH YOU, PLEASE!

Now that I have your attention, maybe you guys can help me out here.

I have been pondering on this specific issue for a while now and i feel in my gusts that I am not alone on this.

The thing is that everywhere and everything you go or/and do in this world, perception seem to be a major factor, if not the very thing, people use in accessing who or what you are.

Ever heard of first impression last! Yep, that's it. 

So I ask is perception always right, or it is just a limiting factor, people need to get pass in order to see the real thing?

This 'Perception' thing is so major that every, if not all, organization channel a lot of energy and fund towards it. It is so huge that people have allowed this control their personal lives as well. Why, won't it? People run organization, don't they?

Anyways, the very issue i have with this 'Perception' thing is that, it has made it so difficult for people to distinguish between the 'REAL' and 'the FAKE', if you know what I mean.

Okay, let me break it down. Because people are been judged by perception, people generally work on themselves (even organizations are guilty of this) to be something or someone else as oppose to what or who they truly are. 

Please don't get me wrong, perception is a good thing - if not the Branding industry and the likes will not be doing so well but I'm not going to get into that today. Perception is really understanding who you really are than who someone else is. Don't know if you get my drift?

What I really want to understand is, why is something so good, be so wrong? 

The concept of perception is something I do not totally agree with, well for one, first impression is not always right and because it worked in one doesn't necessarily mean it will work for another. That is to say, 'What is good for the goose may not always good for the gander'. Sometimes, what we perceive may just be limited by our knowledge and understanding of that thing or that someone. 

So why based your conclusion on what you perceive only once or twice even besides, what makes you think your perception is right anyway?

I guess what I am trying to say is that the concept of perception has made us so judgemental that people are forgetting to be who they truly are. In order words, 'fake-ness' (lack of a better word) is the order of the day. Fake relationship, marriages, lives, parts of the body. Every one prefers to be a cheap replica of themselves.

So, Why can't I get naked with you? I want to reap off all the fake masks I'm wearing and be my real self. I don't want to be a stereotype, I just want to be me. Breathing the fresh air of being myself means freedom, happiness and longevity.

Conversely, Life is too short and complicated to play someone else or worse be someone else because someone says so, don't you think?

 

If you go back to one of my blogs titled 'A CRY FOR HELP' though it was about my favourite artist, Whitney Houston, you will discover that this perception thing has gone a little too far.

Pressure to be perfect in an imperfect world, how ironic is that. If truth be told people want to be free, they want to let lose and most importantly they want to be naked when it matters, which is, most of the time, if you ask me.

Perception without judgement, results in people airing their opinions without the fear of been reprimanded thus making them true to themselves and their environment at large. 

So I ask again, may I get nake with you? 

So real and so true

Real Gentlehawk.

A CRY FOR HELP

As I lay me down
Heaven hear me now
I'm lost without a cause
After giving it my all

Winter storms have come
And darkened my sun
After all that I've been through
Who on earth can I turn to?

I look to you
I look to you
After all my strength is gone
In you I can be strong

I look to you
I look to you
And when melodies are gone
In you I hear a song, I look to you

About to lose my breath
There's no more fighting left
Sinking to rise no more
Searching for that open door

And every road that I've taken
Led to my regret
And I don't know if I'm gonna make it
Nothing to do but lift my head.............

When i first heard this song by Whitney Houston, (and by the way, i am a huge fan...i don't think there will be a better fan of hers than moi, with everything she went through, it was a good thing to have her back) i simply enjoyed the beats and rhythm and mostly importantly...........the magic and comfort her music has always given to me. It is also worth mentioning that if you know the Diva the way i do, you would notice that she has obviously lost something while in rehab and that we will never have the old Whitney back, .....well, not completely. What she has gone through, has taken, or better still, stolen alot from her....even in her vocals.

Anyway, as i listened to this song again i felt she was trying to communicate her heart to someone, anyone, out there who cares to listen. She knew, she needed saving, most especially from herself but she doesn't know how. It is much more devastating when you acknowledge your problems but there is little or nothing you can do about it. One becomes so depress that the more one feels helpless, the more the problem sucks you in. The lyrics of this song is so strong and deep. This makes me wonder, if we take a critical look at our problems, we will discover that "WE" are the problem. And it takes a person with deep roots and high level of humility to admit their weakness and vulnerability......in public. But honestly speaking, don't we all need saving from ourselves? A lot of us, don't even realise we're lost until we have lost everything and most times, everyone we hold dear. Her honesty, her humility and her fore-rightness in this song makes her a number one as far as i am concerned. Looking at the world today, it is difficult to differentiate what is real from what is not. People aren't real anymore and so is their emotions; and whatever is connected to them. It is very easy to lose one's way in that kind of world. A world that demand you to be perfect despite, it, not been perfect. An imperfectly perfect world. How depressing can it be.

But the thing is, you are allowed to lose your way....get lost. It's perfectly fine 'cause we are HUMAN. But it stops been fine when you fall and refuse to stand. When you are weak you refuse to ask for a strong hand for help. Everyone at one time or the other will need to ask for help....we can't simply do it alone. We are built to ask for help and to be assisted. No man can be an Island. I need you as much as you need me.

With this, i believe that the song is the best song ever....in the history of Whitney's musical career.

As for me, it helps put my mind at rest that these celebrities are people too, just like you and i. And that the have the rights, like everyone else, to make mistakes, learn from them and then move on with their lives.

There's nothing as peaceful and comforting as been REAL and TRUE to yourself and to everyone around you.

So try to be Real and True!

It's your Gal

Gentlehawk