Lino's thoughts 🤔

You might be wondering what  WHOOSAH  is. I first heard this usage in the first famous Hollywood blockbuster Bad Boys series. It is a way Martin uses to soothe himself. In a much-related manner, we sometimes soothe ourselves by making us believe  ALL IS WELL  (another famous quote from 3 idiots /Nanban). Of late I have thought of this act of self-soothing as self-deception. Self-Deception is to deceive oneself, especially concerning oneself. In other words, when things go awry, we make ourselves believe that all is well and soothe ourselves. There may be many scientific explanations for the subject, but in a layman’s idea, it is how at times, we contain our emotions and desires to ourselves by this very act of self-deception.   Everyone could relate to some instances where we found solace in denying the very fact that things are not as we pleased but we tend to believe everything is fine. The act of self-deception can be seen along with life as it progresses. It can be from

The boiling frog is an apologue describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly; it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.    Being in the comfort zone is mostly like the tale of the boiling frog. We keep on believing that we are in our comfort zone. By the time we realise that we were put to a death sentence, we will be dilapidated and will be shackled with life commitments and will be in a state of no escape. When we are in a place for a longer period, we will get accustomed to the tensions and hardships. This accustomed state is what we believe is our comfort zone. In reality, the comfort zone is like self-imposed jail time, wherein we confine ourselves to a closed chamber and were made ourselves believe that this is the best possible life. Like a frog in boiling water, we are just getting conditioned to the