Beautiful words

I'm not one to frown upon Western society or the way I live. Sure, we aren't great at many things, but we do some things well. However, today I think the Western society has failed us through the use of the English language. Let me explain.


Say I'm walking down the street and I see someone I know. Too frequently it goes like this:
Me: Hi! How ya goin'?
Other: Good! Yeh, and you?
Me: Not too bad thanks.


All this occurs while we are both still walking. How darn disrespectful, but how darn common is it? We aren't a very personal bunch of people. Think about it, no one is likely to say anything deep and meaningful during that conversation because it is just a shallow 'Hi'. Most people, myself included like to have control over the setting and have mildly prepared what is to be said. It might just be my personal experience, but I have found it incredibly uncommon for people to say heartfelt words in every day conversation. It's sad, but I get excited when I overhear an 'I really respect you', 'I love you', 'I think you are beautiful', 'You are such an example to people', 'I wish I was more like you', or just 'You are my favourite person!'. Sad hey.


So this is going somewhere, I just enjoy talking and thinking too much. The Nepalese and Indian people have got it down pat. They don't have a ridiculous language with rigid constraints or pride that prevents them from giving love to others. "Namaste" is probably overused, commercialised and captioned, but rarely explored, understood and appreciated. Sure it's used as a means of saying "Hi, how are you?", but at it's core it identifies that there is something so holy and divine with in us, and furthermore serves to honour that. It translates into "I salute the spirit in you". As I said, I like and appreciate all I have and the Western society I am apart of, but gee whiz do I feel ripped off by not having such a beautiful word such as "namaste" in the English language. How beautiful and simple it is.


So, namaste. You are a truly beautiful person, with a big future. Your spirit is strong, willful and all things good. I truly respect you and the spirit in YOU!
xx