Of Mangoes and "Man goes" ; and then Man grows and Mangroves.

Selfishness is a virtue, or so Ayn Rand had implied, and after reading The Fountainhead, TheLoneWolf had even thought that a title like "The Virtue of Selfishness" was perfectly alright for a book. Well, may be, it really was!
But, TheLoneWolf, demonstrating the human traits he had invariably picked up, had come to interpret Selfishness in a way totally different from what Ayn Rand's idea of selfishness did.
Driven by self interest, he had failed to understand people around him, and had sometimes wondered about how and why people cannot be comfortable lonely.
He was TheLoneWolf himself, and he often showed off his comfort and composure in being lonely - so much so that people around him, actually bought into the impression that he had so successfully created - of being comfortable alone.
Loneliness is a funny thing really.
You can call it solitude and dismiss my English as not being polished enough. But then, I never claimed to speak or write spotless English, and often excused myself with the State Board schooling and its imperfections. Blame games are easy after all!
But yes - One reason why this post talks about solitude although veiled behind a funny looking title is this - that solitude and loneliness are indeed quite different.
Solitude was what TheLoneWolf had often preferred, even when at home, or when surrounded by people/friends/colleagues/classmates.
But then, he had never experienced loneliness to be able to appreciate someone else's loneliness.

Yes, Mr. Delhi, this is about you, and for you!
I am really sorry, for having realised rather late that loneliness can be quite painful...Well, I guess I did enjoy being friends with you, and come to think of it, I have never before become such good friends with anyone as I did with you...And I do know, that all this can sound so melodramatic and senti, but then, it is my blog, and as long as I am protecting identities, I can say what I want! Even Mr. Aamir Khan is taking guarded digs at his competitor under the pretext that the former's dog and the latter share the same name!
So, yes...the only Mangos (save my own home of course!) I had this season, were directly or indirectly because of you - and I am just connecting the Mangoes with the Man goes for effect ;-)
It's totally another story that solitude can be the result of Woman goes too, but then, I have already spoilt a Barista evening talking about the latter ;-)
For now, although you have come and gone, leaving more than just me behind, alone ;-) - I definitely cannot and will not hold you responsible for my loneliness - even you know that ;-)
And since the rather long and very much enjoyable dinner table conversation ended with that perfect combination - Ice cream and Mangoes, I must say I was fortunate to be part of such a conversation as well as the Mangoes!
As for the Loneliness and Solitude - well, since when did we start having easy solutions for human problems? ;-)
Not that I or TheLoneWolf have any problems now, but by even coming to understand someone else's problem, although quite late in this instance, may be it is a step taken in the right direction? So what if it is in the direction of Mangoes and its homophone(?)


And then the Mangroves and how Man grows...

Hidden behind this funny looking phrase is a deep thought, or so I would like to claim ;-)
"It is high time people stop watering mangroves and behave like grown ups" - was what TheLoneWolf thought the following evening, after all that had happened and not happened over the weekend.
But then, my point is as simple as this - I beg to ask you, "Say just how do grown ups behave?"
Having made my point, I will proceed to publish this post, with a sense of "enlightenment".
Yes, "Enlightenment" is what I call my blog, although I confess to using this and most other words in a twisted sense.
If blogging is a way of offloading, so be it...

Encryption and encapsulation were thankfully not superficially learnt programming concepts meant to be forgotten any time soon! ;-)

I thank that one man or woman who first conceived the idea of a journal or blog - and then, although I dont claim to have learnt programming or anything else for that matter, I thank those men and women who inspired the ideas behind encapsulation and encryption ;-)