Written by: Ashna Shrestha - 23064, Grade XII
Posted on: 24 February, 2023
My friend, Irene loves to stay inside her room doing something on her own or writing something. She doesn’t love going outside, hanging out with her friends and visiting relatives. She can spend a pretty good time being alone the whole day. She thinks a lot and pens all her thoughts down in her diary. One day I happened to take a glance at her diary; to my wonder, I found out that she has composed quite a few very fine poems, not less than the legendary poets. She talks so little and I often find her boring- yet, her creativity to concretise her feelings is truly amazing. That’s what I like the most about her. Next my friend, Hani, is very fond of going out and she is a good conversationalist. She is smart and charms everybody with her presence. Wherever she goes, she is always surrounded by people. There’s something very appealing about her. She is really interesting and quite practical. But sometimes, I can sense a void inside her.
Yes, the matter I am trying to raise is the issue of extroverts and introverts. Both have their beauties and at the same time their cons. Extroverts intend to fascinate everybody with their presence in every aspect, whereas introverts delve into their own selves. In my opinion, the extremities of either are dangerous. Introverts disconnect themselves from the outer world which is not practical all the time because a time could come when she could be deserted by others. They could lose contact and loneliness could start haunting them. This could also sometimes lead to depression and other mental health issues.
Extroverts seem to be happy as they delight everybody with their exposure, but this doesn’t always make a good impression. Sometimes we often need solitude to discover ourselves. A sort of hollowness could be pinching them, in my opinion. A time could come when they could face an identity crisis. They could even find themselves splitted into different faces and could fail to catch their real identities. The point which is to be noted here is introverts are liked indirectly and extroverts directly. It might be fruitful for society, but deep hollowness that could come within individuals should be handled carefully. Nobody can help to crush our emptiness or the void that we carry, unless they know the tool to crush it: we know the tools much better.
Therefore, balancing both to the expected degree can sustain us. According to me, it gives us real identity and real happiness. That’s why, to me, the middle path is the best path. Being in the middle enables us to control our nature. It enables us to reach the height of self awareness, where we could find everything to be well balanced. Our awareness makes us blissful and peaceful. We are not even deterred by any hullabaloo. We remain constant like a steady burning candle amidst the wind… and there lies the true happiness and the real goal of life.
