SYNONYMOUS WITH SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS

The situation described below is aimed particularly at male readers. You are in the park and people can watch you jumping rope. Unpleasant thought?

Your outfit no. 1: shorts, socks, sandals, checked shirt, transition jacket (maybe this is only understood in Germany)

Reaction of passers-by: Acceptance, sometimes admiration and the fleeting thought of taking up sport next week.

Your outfit no. 2: Nike sportswear, Apple watch, airpods, Iphone 14 on the upper arm, Nike Alphafly Next% 2 shoes for €259.99.

Reaction of passers-by: ridicule, pitying glances, deliberately looking away and the what-is-that-for-one-thought.

Jumping rope just for fun, without this publicly effective and gladly displayed self-work-sticker, this is the children's world. Don'ts. Jumping rope with the aim of being able to survive in social competition, to remain an accepted part of it, to become an accepted part of it, this is the adult world. Dos.

Social Dos and Don'ts determine our actions, intervene deeply in our daily lives, permanently, consciously and unconsciously. Dos and Don'ts are the uncompromising, 24/7 standard by which we judge our surroundings, sometimes mercilessly. Or was there no irritation at the beginning when you read the reactions of passers-by? We also compare our own actions with these dos and don'ts in advance. It only takes a fraction of a second. It is an automatism that can hardly be influenced.

Basically, these standards result in a lack of neutrality towards others and oneself. The result can be prejudice, injustice and, no less damaging, a self-imposed, regimented and limited life.

The circle closes again to lightness and the missed opportunities in your life. 

 

I was curious to see how a cheerful black suits the rope jumper . . .