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Do I know me?
By Arthur Webster of Ask Old Coot
As I look around at some of the people I meet, I have become aware of one of the saddest things I could ever dread to see. Far too many people spend so much time trying to develop relationships that they have no relationships. If that seems a silly thing to say, think about this, a relationship is formed when two or more people are engaged in some form of interaction over a period of time. The type of relationship, active, passive, violent, peaceful &c, that can develop is not controlled or governed by any sort of conscious mental effort. The relationship will develop in spite of that - and in directions that need not necessarily be those that are desired. One of the reasons that new relationships are hard to come by is that people simply do not get out and about any more. Generally human kind has become violently sedentary. How many people do you know who live their lives through the moron box or games console? As relationships have become more difficult to attain, there has been a move to create a feeling of inferiority among the lonely. Marketers in all arenas are offering courses in how to be more positive, more likeable and less you. Those who are a little backward in coming forward are being told that they are inadequate but this course/seminar will solve all their problems. (I believe it comes under the category of 'create a hungry market and sell to it') In reality, relationship building has become a lost art form. The terror mongers among us have created an air of fear among our young and old by stressing the bad things that can happen and encouraging the timorous to secrete themselves away at home. A really frightening aspect of modern people is that they do not know themselves. Too many are happy to be told whom they can like or dislike. Children in their early school years who happen to be affected by some sort of tragedy are not allowed to recover from the event. Children are very resilient and can handle a lot of grief if allowed to do so but there is now a sadistic layer of jobsworths called 'counsellors' who will do everything in their power to ensure a child relives a tragedy over and over again. I often have the impression that children would be far better off if they could be innoculated against the fears and prejudices of the adults that surround them. To put yourself in danger of becoming involved in any sort of relationship you have to expose yourself to the risk. You can only expose yourself if you know 'you' first - if you do not know yourself, how is the other person supposed to get to know you? |
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