Points to ponder !!

So, so you think you can tell Heaven from hell, Blue skies from pain, Can you tell a green field, From a cold steel rail, A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? So, so you think we can change, Everybody that hates, Before it's too late? So proud to be free, But who could we blame? Don't be ashamed, Do you think we can change? How I wish, how I Wish You Were Here We were, two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl,year after year Running over the same old ground, But have we found, The same old fears, Wish you were here !! We don't need anymore pain, We just need to remain on the very same page, So much to gain, No more to losing a love,brother's or sisters or a friend, Than losing ourselves, Or no more do we care, We just need your help, So glad you are here , And did they get you to trade, your heroes for ghosts? hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange, a walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage? How

Lately its been chill time in my life here in Charlotte, specially with the summer drawing along, with no classes and just an 8-5 job. One more thing observed during summer is that lot of people come and meet you (may be to while away their time or may be mine). This gave me an opportunity to start a new activity; analyzing people :-) ... to while away my time. This post was started with the above "preface" about 7 months back. (15th July 2008) to be precise. I think I gave myself enough time to analyze people so that I could do justice to the task. Today, I am simply amazed at how different everyone thinks and how people behave under different circumstances. Trying to understand this would be like solving an N-P hard problem (for my techie friends) or counting the stars in the sky. Let me give a gist of some of my experiences. One that tops the charts and has the maximum "jaw dropping" factor on my list is a person who did the unthinkable. I cannot still believe