life for rent
i borrowed a CD from a colleage today. i was scanning through the playlist and saw Dido’s song titled, “Life for Rent”. images of renting someone’s life for a shortwhile, flashed through my mind. wouldn’t it be interesting if we could step into someone’s life for a small fee. abandon our shell for some form of escapism. you could be a hollywood superstar, ms. popular at school/work, an astronaut in space. the skies the limit. only bound by your imagination and how deep are your pockets. if this were a reality, who would you choose?
here comes the twist. what if it need not be human? you could be anything? plants, minerals, insects, animals or any inanimate object (picture a toaster or a toothbrush). mind-blowing stuff, this. i know there will be some people, who will state they prefer to be themselves; throw those veils away for a moment and open up your mind, is all i ask.
what’s this? you would like to know what i chose? why sure! i would choose to be an emotion. specifically happiness. what, that’s absurd? no, it’s not. to be happiness, i would have to be happy all the time (i am happiness, people ^_^). plus, i will always be welcomed anywhere and everywhere. i will be able bring happiness to each and every living being on earth. now, ain’t that cool.
yeah yeah…laugh, smirk and ridicule me. i won’t be visiting you then. i’ll be using Santa’s system of good people and bad people to visit. heh heh heh…he who laughs first, laughs last.
