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Personology

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So, here's the first question of this blog post. Who is  your best friend in the world, dare I say, or in the universe?I know you have your answer, for some of you, you may not have the privilege to access me and tell me who that person may be. Therefore, I shall be sharing my answer to that question. Now, if you know me personally, and we're close enough for you to think that I'll mention your name. You are not far from the truth. If you refer to me as a best friend, I probably do the same. However, to remain politically correct, my best friend is my mother. My justification is that she's known me far much longer than anyone else, and much more than ninety eight percent of people do. My apologies to anyone disappointed in not being mentioned as my answer. You can always challenge my statement if you feel the need.  So hopefully by now we've established that we all have a very close friend in our lives. What's so special about best friends? I think o...

Words

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 I remember a conversation I was having with a friend. He was sharing his woes from the office with me. In particular, his grumbling was about a coworker of his. The said coworker was described to be a jerk, to remedy the pain that the coworker often inflicted, my friend would just block out most of the mean comments that the coworker would pass. My friend used a very interesting metaphor to describe it, the image used was that words are like birds, and their meanings are like the wings of the bird. If you take away the meaning behind the words, the bird becomes flightless and harmless. This had me thinking about words and the impact that they have. The concept of a word is one that is quite peculiar. Words are basically sounds that we make, that we have assigned meaning to. Yet we can see how these sounds shape our realities and relationships on such a large scale. At the right time a kind word can change your mood entirely, on the flip-side, some vulgarity because of ...

The art of throwing a punch

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I think I am one of the least aggressive persons I know. I doubt I could count in one hand any scuffles I have had, that are still in memory. In terms of real life battle experience, I still very much am a novice, and I have no hopes of improving in that regard. At times, I just find myself in frustration because I can never truly find it within me, to erupt at poor service delivery at  a restaurant, or even complaining with unction for a just cause. It leads me to question up to what extent, can I remain mild mannered without it being unhealthy. It is necessary to throw a punch in order to preserve peace and progress. I know that there comes a time, where there is no other way to resolve a matter, other than having  a confrontation of sorts. I get so nervous to confront people about stuff. I usually try to have a mental three strike system, but that does nktwork well because  I am a very lenient umpire, three strikes often increases to four or five or six, al...