Friday, November 03, 2006

Forwards - love or loathe 'em?

Change : A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make that turn.

Saw this forward in my inbox today.
My respond to forwards depend entirely on my mood. Sometimes, they get onto my nerves for clogging my inbox, at other times, they work as lil' pick me-ups.
But most of the times, its the former. Especially the ones which end with statements like - if you do not respond within 8 hours, bad luck will befall you.
Or even that say forward to n number of people and the love of your life will confess his undying love to you within n days/ hours.. HELLO???

Am i missing out on something here? Either such e-mails have telepathy power to communicate with the "love-of-your-life" to contact you OR you are hopelessly or desperately groping at any possible opportunity that gives you conviction to make that moment happen 4 u.

I feel truly sorry for those who believe these things & forward them obediently with the lil hope that it will come true bt to me,its a complete waste of time. . Some do it for fun or as a try-out to check the authenticity of what the e-mail claims...

Bt in reality, if dug deeper into the reason behind their very action, this says something about people around us, they are in serious need of comfort. People are in need of some help or another, monetary, spiritual, friendship, love, relationship, or simply someone to talk or come home to.. Thats y they hang onto the tiniest detail that gives them hope that there is light for the matter, even if it meant forwarding some pictures to random e-mails (gotta fulfil quota)...

On a brighter note, it does say something about their character too - these are sharing & caring people.. So they spread good news when they stumble upon one..
Well, looks like i am definitely not one FOR it but i do look forward to a forward-free phase in the future...

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