Describe Me
I haven't posted here in so long sometimes it feels like I have nothing else to write about like all the words have seeped out into parchments and forgotten pages and would never really see the light of day. Maybe all writing really isn't for the public eye. But I read something a few days back..something that made me think, enough to maybe liven this blog for just another second. It read "I wonder how many strangers hate me because of how someone else described me to them." I don't know who it's by or where it came from but it made me stop. Stare at my mobile screen for a little while and ponder.
Words are truly the only thing that can never be taken back. Once it's out in the universe, it's done. It etches itself into the minds of others perhaps creating an imprint that one can never undo. In this particular case, they wouldn't know the imprint existed in the first place, thereby making it an even more impossible task. Wondering how many friendships have been destroyed, relationships ruined and budding conversations nipped in the bud makes me feel so guilty. Because no matter how hard we try to deny it, we've all done this, whether out of spite or just because it seemed like a hot topic to spread around. We have essentially ruined numerous chances of true love(if you believe in that kind of thing), lifelong friendships and relationships we find in life in general.
And then, I wondered how many people did that me? How many of my loved ones have lost faith in me, how many suspicious glances have crossed my way questioning my character, my integrity, my ability to be compassionate, to love? How many loved ones were the people who did that to me in the first place? There are several questions in life we never get answers to and this would be one of them. If there was perhaps one thing I could do, it would be to ask for forgiveness, to all the people whose chances were diminished because of something I said or an image I created without understanding that you could be a completely unique entity to that other person, perhaps someone wonderful and if not, stealing the freedom of them finding it out for themselves.
This is going to be a short post because too much elaboration on my part would lead to deeper crevices that I myself might not be too comfortable discovering. To all those who've read my posts, thank you.
P.S-Maybe this post would give you something to think about.
Goodbye, my negligent humans...
Words are truly the only thing that can never be taken back. Once it's out in the universe, it's done. It etches itself into the minds of others perhaps creating an imprint that one can never undo. In this particular case, they wouldn't know the imprint existed in the first place, thereby making it an even more impossible task. Wondering how many friendships have been destroyed, relationships ruined and budding conversations nipped in the bud makes me feel so guilty. Because no matter how hard we try to deny it, we've all done this, whether out of spite or just because it seemed like a hot topic to spread around. We have essentially ruined numerous chances of true love(if you believe in that kind of thing), lifelong friendships and relationships we find in life in general.
And then, I wondered how many people did that me? How many of my loved ones have lost faith in me, how many suspicious glances have crossed my way questioning my character, my integrity, my ability to be compassionate, to love? How many loved ones were the people who did that to me in the first place? There are several questions in life we never get answers to and this would be one of them. If there was perhaps one thing I could do, it would be to ask for forgiveness, to all the people whose chances were diminished because of something I said or an image I created without understanding that you could be a completely unique entity to that other person, perhaps someone wonderful and if not, stealing the freedom of them finding it out for themselves.
This is going to be a short post because too much elaboration on my part would lead to deeper crevices that I myself might not be too comfortable discovering. To all those who've read my posts, thank you.
P.S-Maybe this post would give you something to think about.
Goodbye, my negligent humans...
loved it... sometimes self retrospection works well
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