The way things are

 

Status forms the concrete skeleton of order and disorder in the world at large. You seldom choose them, but have to live with them every day. All human clusters include some sequence of statuses. There are functionally dedicated statuses such as the ‘leader’, ‘chief’, ‘manager’ ‘worker’ ‘hired hand’ and suchlike. There are the ephemeral statuses such as child, young, adult, parent, and others. There are statuses associated with a person’s lifestyle and economic disposition.  However, the consequences of these statuses in our daily lives are substantial. First, we ought to comprehend them.
Often, most people compare their status narrative with others and try shifting gears. Some of course prefer to go slower no matter what. But the thing is that how fair is the economy and culture we are talking about to compare ourselves with others. We can compare ourselves to others only in a small circle, not everyone on the planet. Does going up the status ladder means you’re doing well? Not all societies have the same steps on the ladder. The economic ladder is actually a lot steeper. Trying to achieve a high-profile position could actually break everything else. So, a possible course of action could be to choose our circle wisely and set the limits. There is no real ladder to climb, we all chip in to sustain an excellent society.
In his ‘All the world’s a stage’ monologue, Shakespeare sees life as a drama acted on a temporary stage. How magnificently has the bard squeezed the average human life into few verses! I always tend to agree with Shakespeare and this is no exception. Shakespeare has done a wonderful survey of life and identifies seven stages a person goes through in life from infancy to death. He implies the stark reality that no one is ever the same person their entire life. The scene keeps changing and one has to act accordingly for the show to go on. You and I play our parts, and there are others who play theirs. The drama is never-ending and the stage is never empty. The way things are keeps changing. For the rest of us, there is a chance to engage and move forward till we reach the last scene of all, a state of mere oblivion; sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.