You Either Die a Hero,
or Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become the Villain
Batman: Dark Knight
It seems that you don’t have to do too much of anything to aggravate someone. In fact it is as easy as just living your life…
And isn’t that just a big irritant? Living your life? Not living to someone else’s rulebook or expectations or goals. Now I admit that it is very difficult to not go through life and ever wonder just what the hell someone else was thinking when they bought something, got the job they got, live where they live, have the partner they have, vacation where they vacation…Vegas? Just not seeing the whole point!
It is so easy passing judgments on others for we don’t have the complete picture…we don’t know just what the whole situation is all about. We don’t know how they feel, emotionally, physically or spiritually. We don’t know what else is going on in their lives. We don’t know what baggage they are carrying around with them that is weighing them down…
Oh in a lot of cases we think we know. We get information ferreted to us by all kinds of sources…by malicious or good willed informants and all of their “facts filtered by their prejudices, and thought processes…Heck we even get and give information by Facebook! But all information even the information that is passed by facebook or the horses mouth can be filtered by them…for unbelievable as it seems some don’t want others to know just how the situation really is…they put on a good face, they make jokes they downplay the situation…
Sometimes they just don’t say what they want to say because it is easier than having to explain one’s every move. Sometimes they want to avoid a big kaflueey. And sometimes they just might think that they are a big person and if they don’t start living their lives now on their terms they never will and to hell with everyone else.
In many cases we don’t think much about our actions bothering others because the action we are doing wouldn’t bother us…or bother us that much. We all have different fuses it seems…and our explosion levels are not only triggered by different timing devices but it seems the amount of nitro in each of us is varied in strength and stability.
And it is because we are all going through things that we rub someone the wrong way, we hurt others feelings, when we offend, when we irritate, when we insult… we do all these things without even knowing or intending to.
Oh be around someone long enough and you just might learn how not to aggravate them…then again you might just learn how to bug the living crap out of them. For aren’t relationships a two way thing? Sometimes you let things slide and keep the lid on? Life shouldn’t be all about tiptoeing around afraid to open your mouth, or take a photo, or comment on a blog, or have a blog. Just as it isn’t about the amount of time or how often they visit…if they are late for supper, they don’t phone or they seem distracted when they do or you do. Life is about enjoying the moment you have with someone for you never know when the moments stop.
In the end, Collette, not that there really is an end, it’s ALL going to be about how much you smiled, how much you laughed, and how much you enjoyed your life.
Right now,
The UniverseYou can do anything, Collette. And you can start today.
That TUT is a smart guy.
