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     Volume 2 Issue 63 | April 06, 2008|


  
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The uncommon sense

Tahsin Manzoor Hussain

EVER wondered whether you are unique in some sense? Whether you are different from others of your kind? Ever looked behind the simple things you come across, for comprehending a deeper sense in them? Have you ever let yourself down? Have you ever taken time off your regular schedule to just think about how monotony overshadows your existence?

There comes a time when things which you never thought of pops up in mind. This is because the mind works in a very strange way. There are two kinds of people, one who take decisions by themselves and stick to them, and the other being very analytical about things, come to a resolution but are frail minded and end up letting others manipulate their thoughts. Some people think and act, and some people think after they act. My whole point in writing all this is that no matter how contrasting two human beings can be in nature, there is one sagacious perceptive quality present in everyone. That is, there is something within every human being that tells us what is right and what is wrong. No matter how a person may be taught to deal with situations and no matter how likely it is to be influenced by others. A person, in the end, always takes an action which he thinks is right. It may be true that what is considered right might have been someone else's advice to the person, but if the person does not approve of it, he would not take a step towards it. There is a sense inside every person guiding us in deciding what is wrong and what is right. This is called the uncommon sense.

I have seen in life that even contradictory things have sometimes been proven right. The facts about life are always debatable and that is because people do not know for sure what they actually are. Guesses upon significant issues have always proved to be heavy. As a small example, in today's world economy, a slight speculation of low fuel supply in coming days can result in the rocketing of oil prices within hours. To be very straightforward, people call themselves educated but they still are doubtful about their own beings. Point is, people do not know for sure how the human kind came into existence. It is based upon beliefs and controversial theories. In the end, it is the uncommon sense that makes a person believe what seems best to him.

The real science of life comes from the uncommon sense - not only for human beings, but for plants and other animals too. Plants do not have brains, yet according to science, photosynthetic plants seek to grow towards a light source. How has this become possible then? Humans are admired to be the most intelligent kind of animals, yet there are other animals like dogs, who sense danger before humans can. How is this possible? Something governs us from inside which lets us know about what is right and what is wrong; what is expected and what is unreal. It is the uncommon sense that lets living organisms understand itself and its environment. Humans understand with the uncommon sense. You can often see people acting differently in different situations, it is not always an intellectual decision, it is basically something that tells you it is right, or wrong.

My thoughts will perhaps go down as nothing significant but many of you who have read it till the end might at least think for once that there is logic behind what I have to say. The uncommon sense affects you too, whether you know it or not.

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