My favourite quote for this week:::
"In this Information Age, Sheldon, We are the Alpha Males."
-----The Big Bang Theory
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I came by this post by one of my friends a few months ago. At that time , I did not realize what it meant.
The post said that there is a certain transition that happens when we graduate from school to college. It said that one looses the individuality. To be accepted by all, and that is what most of want, one has to wear a smiling mask constantly.
One has to always accept the other person, his request , no matter how crazy that may be.
It happened with me today. And it was then that i realized the state of the author of the post i was referring to.
Not that the request that person made was completely crazy....but it was not a request, it was not humble, it was a directive, and considering the issue to which it related, only a humble 'please ' was what was required.
I rejected it.
Unfortunately , I have not been able to wear the mask of the college-goer efficiently.
Still, I express myself.
That does not mean I am the angry young man, I still remain to be the silent-mover.
But then you should not , and must not be taken for granted. I have my reservations for the people who can do that.
And this person did not qualify for that.
Till this you might be wondering..." whats the big deal! Cut the crap off."
The deal is that the person is not normally so. He is genuinely nice and sensible to understand such basics.
And then when I got to know that the person was "pissed-off" by one of my friends, I really was left to but analyze the situation , when my business system class was on.
The person was crazy on some thing...but that doesn't mean he should show his insanity in demanding from me what was my possession for that class.
Does this qualify as an excuse for what he did?
Does this justify my stand on refusing him altogether , and when informed about his unstable situation, still keeping my foot down...for I made an issue of it being about humility and humbleness?
Or is it fine for a person to express his anger in a situation which does not demand it?
It might sound childish but then sometimes adults are foolish enough to act so.
I have been thinking about this for the past 2 hours and the only blockage in completely agreeing with myself is that had I been in a situation where a special child would have behaved with me in the same manner and had I also been keeping the same stance, it would have been unjust on my part to act the way as I did.
But then the person in consideration is totally not that special.
The post said that there is a certain transition that happens when we graduate from school to college. It said that one looses the individuality. To be accepted by all, and that is what most of want, one has to wear a smiling mask constantly.
One has to always accept the other person, his request , no matter how crazy that may be.
It happened with me today. And it was then that i realized the state of the author of the post i was referring to.
Not that the request that person made was completely crazy....but it was not a request, it was not humble, it was a directive, and considering the issue to which it related, only a humble 'please ' was what was required.
I rejected it.
Unfortunately , I have not been able to wear the mask of the college-goer efficiently.
Still, I express myself.
That does not mean I am the angry young man, I still remain to be the silent-mover.
But then you should not , and must not be taken for granted. I have my reservations for the people who can do that.
And this person did not qualify for that.
Till this you might be wondering..." whats the big deal! Cut the crap off."
The deal is that the person is not normally so. He is genuinely nice and sensible to understand such basics.
And then when I got to know that the person was "pissed-off" by one of my friends, I really was left to but analyze the situation , when my business system class was on.
The person was crazy on some thing...but that doesn't mean he should show his insanity in demanding from me what was my possession for that class.
Does this qualify as an excuse for what he did?
Does this justify my stand on refusing him altogether , and when informed about his unstable situation, still keeping my foot down...for I made an issue of it being about humility and humbleness?
Or is it fine for a person to express his anger in a situation which does not demand it?
It might sound childish but then sometimes adults are foolish enough to act so.
I have been thinking about this for the past 2 hours and the only blockage in completely agreeing with myself is that had I been in a situation where a special child would have behaved with me in the same manner and had I also been keeping the same stance, it would have been unjust on my part to act the way as I did.
But then the person in consideration is totally not that special.
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