If there's one thing that all people who know me can agree with when it comes to my person is that I care too much about many things. The next time someone tells you that trying to be thorough is a good thing, perhaps it would be good to show them this post - if you ever get to do it anyway.
I have been discussing with many a person throughout these latter years; from the average Joe who seriously thinks his opinion is worth more than all the academic research in fields of study that outwit him, to the bimbo that nonchalantly goes about her life, claiming that being politically or activistically oriented in your life is a waste of time and energy, to yet more and more people whose brains might as well have just been scooped from a dumpster, one never gets to feel that sort of demanding, draining, degrading sort of responses you'll get from the worst kind of conversational companion.
The intelligent person whose conscious thought patterns have been so malignly skewed by agendas of people who would take advantage of them that they are incapable of viewing anything aside their narrow field of view - as if their perspectives have become stereoscopic in the process, and they are shown a single floor plan!
I thoroughly enjoy having conversations or paying attentions to those of others with people such as Jerome - a wonderful human, as far as my limited, narrow perspective does allow me to perceive. I don't mind the way he thinks, even though I disagree with him at some point, because his mind is still there when it comes to it; in the end, he still thinks for himself, and that, for pitty's sake, is what sickens me with the poor, brainwashed thousands out there: that, had they had one half the intellectual activity of his on these matters, they would still be better than now, when the boisterous, ignorant, malignant claims of so many other people swirl in their heads like so much mud in a pool of water...
There are times when I wish knowledge, true knowledge, could be like a blade and I could deal with the tricks played with their minds in one fell stroke, having cleft them in twain! Hardly can that be said, though.
P.S.: I have to concede that Jerome is a very impressionable person; apart from all of the above, being of like mind with his fascination with the fay and his relation to RPGs, who can blame me?
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Losing Patience
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Losing patience is never a good sign. Not so much because you may give up on whatever goal you have set out to accomplish, but because of something else. Losing your patience is a sure sign that you have began underestimating people and ideas, otherwise known as "becoming a cynic".
When you reach that point, not only do you become incapable of judging other people's thoughts objectively (the consequence being that it gets harder to identify your own faults), but you also lose focus of what's important.
What's important is that even though other peoples' behaviours may seem erratic and unreasonable, they are still happening for a reason. I'm not dismissing the notion or errors and faults, make no mistake. What I'm getting to is that understanding the reasons behind these behaviours is the key to changing them or at the very least something that you can use to move forward yourself.
@anonymous: Admittedly so; I have to concede that I let it all flow and evaluated this these past two days before I even read your post. It was a very relaxing thing to do and, actually, I know now what you mean with this post.
It has been said that being too sure of the fault of others is to be too sure of your own position. I have come to see that, but the most important thing this opens us up for is reevaluation: if you are mistaken, you should do your best to undo your errors and not repeat them; but if you are right, it is no less an opportunity to see how you perceive things and notice any errant thoughts you make yourself.
Most fascinating of all is that I seem to have reached the very same conclusion you did. I don't mean to say you offer me nothing with your answer: in fact, you offer me a great deal by actually speaking your own mind and showing me what your perspective is. Frankly, I am not sure I would ever formulat a response as succinct as this - not with my current capacity, at least.
Thank you for taking the time to put this comment up here, sharing your thoughts and advice! :)
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