:: THE CONVINCING TRUTH ::

Rounded up the interviewing process.
And in my short stint as editor for the school's newsletter, I'd learned that the other scope of my work also involved 'chasing' the contributors.

The best thing about holidays is that you have time to enjoy afternoon TV especially famous talk shows like the Oprah Winfrey on Hall Mark channel, the Ellen DeGeneres show on Star World and Larry King Live on CNN.
I'm a fan of talk shows simply because I've always enjoy the discussions as well as seeing how guests respond to questions posed by the interviewer.
In a nutshell, one must possessed a quick wit if one is invited to be on the hot seat.

Paris Hilton was on Larry King Live today.
The famous socialite recounted her experience serving her jail term & that got me to reread her 'Confessions of an Heiress Paris Hilton, a tongue-in-chic peek behind the pose'.
And I quote 'When you get hurt, life gets very real, and then you have to stop and put the world in focus. I'm glad I was forced to do that this year. There's been a huge shift in my self-perception and the way I look at the world.'
Even though this might just be part of some interesting lines to sell a book, I thought it was worth pondering especially coming from someone whom the world sees as one who had everything come so easily for her.

If you believe you lack a good quality in yourself, stop grimacing or you'll end up losing yourself in a distorted belief that imperfection is a crime.
Man, equipped with his/her own survival instincts, are always cautious of people around them.
We may think, if we are not careful, we might get hurt & hurt is not something we can handle easily.
People hide vulnerability in many ways.
Some shines their qualities & tell the world how good they are while others simply prefer to take the back seat & confide in others their insecurities rather than risk being called an overconfident or selfish person.

Which ever way you choose to mask your fears when it comes to dealing unfathomable issues in life, has it always been easier to share them with one who seem to be able to understand you?
And how often do we, in our attempt to shove accusations, relied on the infamous explanation 'I don't care what people say cause they don't know the real me?
Come on, I believe you and I had been guilty of that.

The fact that our loved ones excuse our flaws because they believe the good in us may just oversimplify the real us.
Had it not been for conformity & laws, reason & logic, emotions & feelings, could we truly take the full credit for being good - the good son/daughter, the good student, the good friend, the good partner?

In our short lifespan, its impossible to know the real person residing in the souls of people around us. Heck, we are at times clueless of our real self.
So the infamous explanation may work after all - if lashing tongues manage to spread the word around, magnifying our shortcomings & flawed character.

The lesson is, I guess - simply about staying true to yourself. By that, I mean, learning & growing from the symbiotic relationships you have between you & nature as well as you and other fellowmen.
Maybe that way, you will start believing that there is good in you & everyone around you.

And whose been triggering me with the unnecessary thoughts & had partially convinced me that we are actually sanes living in an insane society?

Eric Fromm when he said,
'However unreasonable or immoral an action may be, man has an insuperable urge to rationalize it, that is, to prove himself and to others that his action is determined by reason, common sense or at least conventional rationality. He has little difficulty in acting irrationality, but it is almost impossible for him not to give his action the appearance of reasonable motivation.'

That is so true.