Profound dislike..

.. for folks who impose their mannerisms on you. I say "mannerisms" and not ideals/principles here, plainly because this has nothing to do with ideals/principles.

Person X behaves in a certain manner given a certain situation - mind you, there's no right/wrong manner here, it's just "any" manner. Essentially, this "situation" is not bounded by morals, in which case it would always boil down to right/wrong. It is an everyday "situation" that you and I might face, which will not have a right/wrong way to deal with, there would be many ways.

For instance: Liking cars, movies, doing certain things in a manner which you prefer, so on and so forth.

It's absolutely annoying, when you are asked questions about certain aspects (like the above) and then you are JUDGED based on the ANSWERS you give! As in, there's a WORD which describes you at the end of the conversation!

Psychotic! Psycho-analytic? What not! Just plain dumb!

Here's the deal. People do things their own way when faced with certain situations (I repeat, outside the realm of moral concerns), leave them be. Let them live their lives, you live yours. You don't act godly or smart by questioning them about their lives and then giving suggestions. Nobody asked for them, nobody needs them. If they do, they will ASK you. Then, please feel FREE. Why waste your energy?

Shucks, what do some people take when they are growing up? Brain-numbing overdose of "I+WILL+ALWAYS+BE+OBSTINATE+AND+STUPID" cereals?

God!

-V

Change..

Why are people afraid of change or changing? Just when something different or new happens, the biggest of sleepers become the most active of skeptics. There are doubts created, fingers pointed at, conspiracy theories mooted, the list is endless.

I keep wondering all along about this aspect. This is not only obvious when change happens around you, but also obvious with this so-called MANTRA of this generation - "Don't change me, accept me the way I am" or "I don't want to change just to accommodate somebody/something else".

I think it's good to change, especially when you have done something wrong, and you know it's root cause. It's absolute pig-headed stupidity if you end up doing something wrong on all counts, and you don't want to change the way you are, just because YOU ARE the way YOU ARE.

It pays to change - especially when you listen, understand and feel what's happening around you. Change is just a function of life - you get along with change. You just keep learning all the darn time, you assimilate change, make it part of you and become a better person. You don't repeat the mistakes, you GROW UP.

Never be averse to change around you or inside you.

-V