The most worthless contest
“You wouldn't worry so much about what people really thought of you if you knew just how seldom they actually do.”
I have seen many people live their entire life as if it were a popularity contest. Their every action, every outwardly dealings are done with only one thing in mind - what will others think about it? In doing so, they knowingly or unknowingly keep on poisoning themselves and the environment around them with negativity. In the midst of the smallest contradiction with anybody, they have to conspire with the entire universe to prove how incorrect the other person is. All I have for such people is lots of pity, because I personally find this contest to be the most worthless one.
I have always been a hard headed person in conventional wisdom. I live for myself and nobody else. Neither do I pretend to be otherwise, nor do I want anybody to think that I am otherwise. When I make this statement, what kind of an impression any person wants to form about me is entirely their prerogative. The only thing that is important for me is that I never lie to anybody, especially myself, and do not criticize anybody in front of a third person because I do not agree with his/her point of view. The whole world might sing praises about me, but if I am not satisfied with what I did, the praises mean nothing to me. Every single soul can be against me, but if I think I am doing the right thing, I care less about what anybody thinks. For me the only person with whom I should be popular is my own self. The only person with whom I am competing in this popularity contest is me myself. The only person whom I give the right to decide the outcome of this contest is me myself. I think the world would be a much happier place if every person decides to just take care of his/her own self, or more importantly, take care of 'just' his/her own self!! As soon as the 'just' word is forgotten, the worthless contest begins and happiness ends.
(Feeling too sleepy so please pardon if I sounded very confusing)
I have always been a hard headed person in conventional wisdom. I live for myself and nobody else. Neither do I pretend to be otherwise, nor do I want anybody to think that I am otherwise. When I make this statement, what kind of an impression any person wants to form about me is entirely their prerogative. The only thing that is important for me is that I never lie to anybody, especially myself, and do not criticize anybody in front of a third person because I do not agree with his/her point of view. The whole world might sing praises about me, but if I am not satisfied with what I did, the praises mean nothing to me. Every single soul can be against me, but if I think I am doing the right thing, I care less about what anybody thinks. For me the only person with whom I should be popular is my own self. The only person with whom I am competing in this popularity contest is me myself. The only person whom I give the right to decide the outcome of this contest is me myself. I think the world would be a much happier place if every person decides to just take care of his/her own self, or more importantly, take care of 'just' his/her own self!! As soon as the 'just' word is forgotten, the worthless contest begins and happiness ends.
(Feeling too sleepy so please pardon if I sounded very confusing)
4 comments:
Respectfully, I disagree. Life is theatre and every day we act. We are all actors on a stage. No one cares about this "be my true self" stuff -- it really won't get you anywhere. Life is all about acting, playing the game, brown nosing, and putting on your best performance for others. That's how you get raises, promotions, spouses, and is generally how you get ahead in life. Sorry to pop thy bubble.
I respect your disagreement, but would still stick to what I said. If 'my true self' is so ugly that I have to hide it from others, the problem really lies in 'my true self' and till that problem persists I am never going to find peace with my own self. As for 'get ahead in life', every person has his/her own definition of what 'ahead' means. In my definition, the first step 'ahead' is me being able to respect my own self, look myself in the mirror every morning and be able to look straight in the eye, close my eyes to evaluate myself and be proud of the person within me, everything else is a don't care. I know exactly what you mean to tell me when you say that that is generally how you get ahead in life, but unfortunately that definition of 'ahead' does not take me anywhere untill I satisfy the condition of 'ahead' I have set for my own self. I believe this is the only way I can get peace. If anybody else can get permanent peace of mind otherwise, I sure would agree with their means of getting it....the keyword here being permanent. Sorry, you could not pop my bubble!!
In restrospect, I don't want to look at it as you being able to pop my bubble or not, its all about we all being able to live in peace with ourselves and with the world. If your being an actor brings peace to your inner self and you are satisfied 'forever' with that, then an 'actor' is your true self and you should pursue being that way. You stay in your own pretty bubble and I stay in my make-believe bubble :-). As long as both of us are happy, who care's whose bubble is for real and who is imagining it!!
What a reply!! Its very very touchy reply.
I like the way you have defined 'ahead'. It is very much true. Definition of this 'ahead' can be different for all human beings.
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