There are times when the cowardly vagueness of some really threatens to unsettle me, but I quickly restrain myself with the knowledge that those that play for an audience will rarely engage in private. I believe that the true measure of our character is not determined by how we engage with others, but rather what thoughts and actions we entertain when we find ourselves alone, without an audience to appease. Everything else is a show, or an act, or both. Sometimes deliberately, but most times not. When we’re surrounded by others, no matter how intimately they may know us, there is always a barrier between who we are, and who we want them to believe we are. This is simply the innate nature of the human spirit that seeks to protect itself before it expresses itself. Accepting this truth allows me to master that which deludes others, while denying it allows me to delude myself whilst others achieve mastery over me.
Tag: cowardice
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Don’t let your disillusions about life be the death of someone else’s spirit. Have the courage to face up to your own flaws rather than hide in the cowardice of undeserved venomous attacks on someone that you know will not have the heart to tell you where to get off. It may seem as if they just shrug it off because they don’t expect anything more from you, or anyone else. Truth is, while they may not have any expectations, they always hope, and each time you kick them when they’re down just because you’re down, you kill them a little more inside, until eventually the very same soul that you used as a sounding board to vent your anger and take comfort from, becomes just as bitter and vile as you are.
Think before you say something hurtful to someone that isn’t the cause of your pain. Have the courage to speak your mind to those that deserve it, not to those that don’t have the heart to hurt you back.
