Wednesday, November 14, 2012

#AMALAYER - Proper? or Humiliating?

Living and learning the news about my country from abroad is like watching a specimen growing on a petri dish. I come to notice things and see them in a different view. Given that I am a bit exposed to different cultures and practices, I can say that I have matured behaviorally. People have different ways in reacting to stressors and pressures in life. On a daily basis, I come to struggle in public transport with people who do not have manners by standing in the isle, blocking the train door or just stare at people. Somehow, I have come to realize that in moments like these, one has to stand higher than the other and have class. 

In my social media, I have seen a number of videos of people reacting to such stressors and pressures in life and I tell you that some of them are not the nicest of people in the streets. I don't blame them on their reaction but somehow there are limits on how one can adapt to these stresses and pressures. 

My opinion is: we are not entitled to humiliate others when we feel that we are being irritated by them. I think it is proper to step back and breathe, check with the situation and try to count to a million. This way one can relax, calm down and think straight on how to react the proper way (even though there is no proper way). Publicly, there are things that are acceptable and not. And most of us think that humiliating someone in public just because we think this person has offended us, is good. On the contrary, we are dragging ourselves down with this thinking. It's not the best way to deal with such a situation and we tend to judge people in the wrong way. 





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