I've noticed over the last 4 decades that most people don't handle their frustrations or set backs very well. Most of those people fall into one of two categories (those who aren't psychotic, that is...).
One group just wants to complain about it like they are a victim not of their own making. They never listen to advice and just seem to love the sound of their whine pouring out.
The other group vents more aggressively through hateful remarks or by remarks not so obviously hostile. But, are just as mean spirited. Very often, the latter group will use (attach themselves to) cliches and fad-like sayings to express their aggression. It's like they are trying to make escape goats (old testament variety) out of other people.
They look for any excuse to target recipients for their hate and self loathing. This is one of the reasons why we don't have 'peace' or harmony among people in our world. This, greed, and fear is the stuff of wars and famine.
It seems that both groups are failing to take responsibility for consequences of their own choices. I know it's not fair in most cases those things that happen to us. MAYBE we really aren't responsible for some of those things. But, we can't bury our heads in the sand and say that someone else is responsible for how we take what we get.
A mature person accepts things as they are, doesn't take another person's weaknesses to heart and moves on. Our self worth is not dependent on external things or on what others think of us. That is a group survival mechanism and has no bearing on our real self-worth.
One group just wants to complain about it like they are a victim not of their own making. They never listen to advice and just seem to love the sound of their whine pouring out.
The other group vents more aggressively through hateful remarks or by remarks not so obviously hostile. But, are just as mean spirited. Very often, the latter group will use (attach themselves to) cliches and fad-like sayings to express their aggression. It's like they are trying to make escape goats (old testament variety) out of other people.
They look for any excuse to target recipients for their hate and self loathing. This is one of the reasons why we don't have 'peace' or harmony among people in our world. This, greed, and fear is the stuff of wars and famine.
It seems that both groups are failing to take responsibility for consequences of their own choices. I know it's not fair in most cases those things that happen to us. MAYBE we really aren't responsible for some of those things. But, we can't bury our heads in the sand and say that someone else is responsible for how we take what we get.
A mature person accepts things as they are, doesn't take another person's weaknesses to heart and moves on. Our self worth is not dependent on external things or on what others think of us. That is a group survival mechanism and has no bearing on our real self-worth.
No comments:
Post a Comment