Penguin RushI gave up on pity a long time ago...
dI'm sure you've come across low-life scumbags in your life before, and by scums, I'm referring to those who continue on 'pok-pek' ing about you behind your backs (i.e. gossipping/talking with the intention to hurt your feelings or talking without much understanding over the topics discussed, i.e. many false assumptions about you are thrown in). What can they be talking about? Well, mostly on your shortcomings, weaknesses and mistakes. Funny how sometimes, over one small harmless mistake, we are punished for our whole lives, huh?
You may not have time to pay heed to those insinuations, especially if you now have other more important stuffs to be concerned about, like for examples, you are now happily married with children, or you have a business to run, or your job scope is becoming busier, or you have parents to take care of etc etc. But then, those hurtful remarks that you (indirectly) hear, or the hateful stare that people give you can still bring you down sometimes. After all, you may have a thick skin, but how thick can it be right?
For those who are familiar with the X-Men stories and characters, it is basically about mutants with special powers, trying to live their lives without being pestered by other 'normal' human beings, who still count as the majority of the people on earth. As a result, just as there are good and bad people, some mutants have also turned bad, using their powers for their own selfish needs.
In the movie X-Men 2, there was a scene where Ororo Munroe (a.k.a. Storm) had a conversation with Kurt Wagner (a.k.a. Nightcrawler). I just love the lines that they had...
Nightcrawler: You and Miss Grey are schoolteachers? (Jean Grey is one of those good mutants)
Storm: Yes. At a school for people like us, where we can be safe.
Nightcrawler: Safe from what?
Storm: Everyone else.
Nightcrawler: You know, outside of the circus, most people were afraid of me. But I did not hate them. I pitied them. Do you know why? Because most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.
Storm: Well, I gave up on pity a long time ago.
Well, I gave up on pity a long time ago too. Pity - not only because they will never know anything beyond what they see through their eyes, but also because most of them lead a much pathetic lifestyle anyway, and usually, their friends are of the same low level of mindset with serious deficit in the intellect part. Think I sound like proud? Well, read Hippopotamus, the you'll know why we need to be proud of ourselves sometimes.
How about you? Maybe you should give up on pity towards those scums of the universe too, whoever they may be in your lives... and having said that, let's examine ourselves once in a while - are we too, scums?
posted by The Pisces Man @ 5:48 pm
3 Comments:
Sounds like you just heard someone passing a remark at you. Hhmm.. it can be hurtful, yes. Even though I have grown immune to people passing hurtful remarks at me, there are times when somehow those remarks do get to me. I try to ignore them. And I usually do. I have acquired the skill to absorb and throw out. That is absorb quickly what's been said, and immediately thereafter, throw it out. It's much safer that way. At least it'll help with your sanity level.
Thanx Ija... but sometimes it may also help not to absorb at all, in case some 'residues' are left behind in us when we (try to) throw it out afterwards... :-)
True... very true. Then, we have to find ways not to absorb it at all. Hhhmm...
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