What being "MAD" means????

Read a story today... Its an extract from the novel, "Veronica Decides to Die" by "Paulo Coelho".... This story was narrated by a woman in a mental asylum to a lady out there who tried to commit suicide... This lady asked the woman, what being "mad" means.... She replied, "Anyone who lives in their own world is mad. Like schizophrenics, psychopaths, maniacs, etc.... I mean, people who are different from others...".. And then she narrated story..... The story went something like this -:

"A powerful wizard, who wanted to destroy an entire kingdom, placed a magic potion in the well from which all the inhabitants drank. Whoever drinks that water would go mad."

"The following morning, the whole population drank from the well and they all went mad, apart from the king and his family, who had a well set aside for them alone, which the magician had not managed to poison. The king was worried and tried to control the population by issuing a series of edicts governing security and public health. The policemen and inspectors, however, had also drunk the poisoned water, and they thought the king's decisions were absurd and resolved to take no notice of them."

"When the inhabitants of the kingdom heard these decrees, they became convinced that the king had gone mad and was now giving nonsensical orders. They marched on the castle and called for his abdication."

"In despair the king prepared to step down from the throne, but the queen stopped him, saying 'Let us go and drink from the communal well. Then we will be the same as them."

"And that was what they did: The king and the queen drank the water of madness and immediately began talking nonsense. Their subjects repented at once; now that the king was displaying such wisdom, why not allow him to continue ruling the country?"

"The country continued to live in peace, although its inhabitants behaved very differently from those of its neighbors. And the king was able to govern until the end of his days."

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MY POINT IS.... :-

Did the whole world, around me, drink water from the very same well and I'm the only one left???????? OR Is it only ME, who was unfortunate enough to be the one to drink the water of madness?????

Why is it soooooo hard for people to accept others the way they are??? What fun is it to look into a mirror (depicting not reality but a mere image of what u portray to be) everytime you talk or meet a person???? 

REMEMBER...!!!!  NOBODY IS FLAWLESS IN THIS WORLD..... IF U WANT TO CHANGE SOMEONE, A LOTTA PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO CHANGE A LOTTA THINGS IN YOU TOO..... SO IN ORDER TO GET ACCEPTED THE WAY YOU ARE, ACCEPT OTHERS THE WAY THEY ARE....!!!

GUNNYT!!!!