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.
I would like to be a cloud, or be many many clouds. brings rain to farmers, cover the sun to the people working under the hot sun always. and be always at the top, looking down. then i wont have to go to any beach and i could get more ’slices of heaven’. (=
oooo…very interesting perspective there, angel. you get to go everywhere too and be neighbours with mr. sun, mrs. moon and star kids. ^.^
You’ve got a positive choice too. being ‘happiness’. no one will ridicule you becoz only with you smiles are all around the year becoz everyone will be happy. becoz only with happiness, laughter will be heard and tears will not be shed… please dun forget to visit me when u have the time. mr ‘happiness’ ^_^
I’d be death
hehe…’happiness’, from what i’ve read cannot be given. only you can make yourself feel happy. although, it does help when people try to make you happy. i’m talking in circles now.
and hello there Death. is my time up yet?