Christopher Columbus High School - Anchor Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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HELEN Isaacson WHAT'S MY ROLE? I realize fhaf I am a mere speck on fhis earfh and my exisfence is comparafively so shorf as fo make me insignificanf. This frighfens me. l wanf fo live a life fhaf is full and purposeful buf if is hard fo know how fo choose fhe relafively valuable. I don'f know whaf I wanf and fherefore cannof perceive whaf fo me will be of worfh. Which pafh shall I choose? l feel now fhaf I am incapable of enjoying happiness. Bliss is blessed for fhe simple. Nof fhaf I am of such complex nafure buf I have emerged from basic animal exisfence. I cannof love for mere sake of loving and leave if af fhaf. I seek some- fhing. Buf whaf? There musf be someone who can give me fhe answers. The world of fhe before and beyond is so vasf and mysfifying fhaf I dare nof venfure info if. Can I believe in somefhing I do nof know? Man was puf on fhis earfh, buf for whaf? He is here and fhen he is nof. Homo-sapiens will evenfually disappear we are fold. So why bofher af all? Anofher poinf puzzles me. Why conform fo fhe rules of sociefy when no one knows fheir origin and performs fhem only fo belong? The sense of belonging fo somefhing is so necessary, buf so is discriminafion in selecfing whaf fo belong fo. When one is parf of fhe masses he is insignificanf. ls fhe safefy of being unnoficed worfh fhe sacrifice of idenfify? If we do nof wanf fo be known fhen why exisf? One of fhe basic principles or urges of man is fo be recognized. Buf how many are willing fo fake off fhe profecfive coaf of being like everybody else fo reveal fhemselves as non-conforming? Comparafively few. Even fhese few are offen nof applauded unfil fheir cleafh. Alfhough I doubf if fhe acclaims of fhe masses mean much fo fhem, fhe genuinely discriminafing and selecfive, musf be very lonesome people. If fhe need fo belong is such a basic drive of man, fhen have fhey really found a way of life? To live in solifude for lack of being undersfood is frusfrafing and unhappy. I refuse fo fall info fhe mode of living fhaf Shakespeare fermed a sfage on which we are all players. Buf if fhaf is my fafe and I am an acfor, whaf parf do I play? MERIS WLODINGER