Better Together

And all of these moments

just might find their way into my dreams tonight,

But I know that they’ll be gone when the morning light sings

and brings new thingsfor tomorrow night you see

that they’ll be gone too,too many things I have to do

But if all of these dreams might find their way

into my day to day scene

I'd be under the impression I was somewhere in between

With only two,

Just me and you,

Not so many things we got to door places we got to be

We'll sit beneath the mango tree, now.

Yeah It's always better when we're together

Mmmm, we're somewhere in between together

Well, it's always better when we're together

Yeah, it's always better when we're together.

I saw Chitra and Sophie for the first time since winter break. It made my day! I laughed nonstop for almost 3 hours. I smile just thinking about all that time I spent with them.

Oh yeah, it's always better together. I remembered a psychology experiment that my psych teacher quoted at the beginning of class one day this semester. Several centuries ago an Italian king decided he would experiment with a bunch of infants by putting them in an underground room, allowing no human contact at all, expect for the occasional nurse to come in and change soiled diapers. She asked the class what we thought had happened with those babies. Most of us said that they had some language impairment or couldn't speak properly or didn't learn how to walk until much later. Wrong, she said. They all died within a short period of time.

It's amazing to see how important human contact is...to hear that it could get to a point of life and death is mindblowing.

In a crazy world, what has socialization come down to? Or simply human contact? I noticed such a huge difference between life on campus and life back in Plano. Granted, I go to an extremely small school and end up seeing familiar faces every single day. I remember people on campus being friendly and welcoing from day one. I was jogging on the trail through my neighborhood the other day. Rarely do you ever get a smile or an occasional hello from other walkers or bike riders anymore. I don't really know what to make of it. Of course I don't take it personally, but for a really small world it's difficult to make sense of this self-willed isolation.

Some of the best advice I've been given is that the best people are the ones that bring the best out of you. And I'm sure you feel just as great empowering or encouraging or inspiring a friend to go above and beyond...and watching them succeed. There's nothing like it.

At the end of the day, I think we're always better when we're together.

Peace,

Asil