How to be invisible!

Just a life observation! It's fascinating how one often seems to be invisible to, or ignored by, our fellow human beings, unless they perceive that something we can be or do for them can benefit their own happiness or well-being. It's basic human nature, this thing of "looking after number one", pointed out in various psychology and self-help books. As Carl Vernon says in his book You Care Too Much: "Nobody gives two shits". I guess that Kate Bush has also "been there, seen it, bought the Tee-shirt", judging by the lyrics of her song "How to be invisible". I love the undertones of someone who feels overlooked, undervalued: one who is on the outside looking in, through a "keyhole"; the "wallflower" at a social event, waiting in vain to be asked to dance; the "doormat" who trots around facilitating other peoples' lives; the "anorak" person with hobbies or interests that are not considered popular or mainstream...

I found a book on how to be invisible

Take a pinch of keyhole

And fold yourself up

You cut along the dotted line

You think inside out

And you're invisible.

Eye of braille,

Hem of anorak,

Stem of wallflower,

Hair of Doormat.

I found a book on how to be invisible

On the edge of the Labyrinth

Under a veil you must never lift

Pages you must never turn

In the Labyrinth

You stand in front of a million doors

And each one holds a million more

Corridors that lead to the world

Of the Invisible

Corridors that twist and turn

Corridors that blister and burn ...

You take a pinch of keyhole

And fold yourself up

You cut along the dotted line

And think inside out

You jump 'round three times

You jump into the mirror

And you're invisible

Lyrics by Kate Bush. EMI Music Ltd. ©️Noble and Brite Ltd 2018.

A pertinent post seen on social media, from @myhealtime

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