SALE

OSTRACISM MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE AN UNWANTED CONDITION, IT NEED NOT BE A PUNITIVE MEASURE THAT EFFECTIVELY CURTAILS THE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OF THAT PARTICULAR PERSON IN QUESTION. IT MIGHT AS WELL BE A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION; AT FINALLY BEING LEFT ALONE TO HIS OWN DEVICES, WHERE IT IS QUITE PLAUSIBLE THAT HE MAY REALISE THE POTENTIAL OF THE HUGE OAK TREE BORNE OUT OF A LITTLE ACORN.

WHAT THEN IS THE CAUSE FOR THE USUAL, ALMOST CASUAL IN ITS REACH, FEAR OF BEING AN OUTCAST, OF NOT BELONGING ANYMORE?

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO ATTACH ONESELF TO A PERSON, A HOUSE, A CAR, A LANGUAGE, A REGION, AN IDEOLOGY, AN IDEA?

IS THIS THE REASON WHY PEOPLE ACQUIRE OTHER PEOPLE OR OTHER THINGS? BECAUSE ONCE YOU OWN SOMETHING, THERE IS NO WAY YOU WILL UN-BELONG, OR BE LEFT LONELY?

DO YOU THEN FORGET THAT IN THIS PROCESS YOU HAVE ALREADY SOLD YOURSELF!