
From my observation in recent times, I have noticed why every one's perception about you as a person is different. Leaving aside a few really close friends who've been with you through thick and thin or probably have been associated with you long enough to have seen your multifaceted nature, nobody can be precisely correct about the most striking feature of your personality.
Everyone of us has a varied range of emotions and traits and we employ them differently in different situations.
What others get to see of you in any one particular situation which may or may not have been repetitive is what they base their judgement on. It doesn't necessarily mean that what they see is the most dominant trait of your personality.
I played a game in class recently where we wrote the first thing that struck us about a person, Mr.A.
Now shockingly, the first thing that struck us all about this one Mr. A was a very demeaning trait. Naturally, you don't want to be remembered for being one of the worst.
So Mr. A got defensive about his feedback.
The whole point of the game was constructive criticism and no matter how much you deny it to the outside world, if you have a conscience and your honest to yourself, you'll know exactly why you've been associated with that trait. Because somewhere deep down, you know, you just know, that you've been like that around people. You chose to overlook the fact however, that people are cautious and perceptive and judgemental and that someday it is going to backfire. And so, your ego disallows you to agree with it.
What is the point of criticism then?
Mr. A as a result refuses to see the beneficial side of the game and is hell bent on investigating who among his peers has been so ' HYPOCRITICAL '.
My advice: Just cut the crap and repair yourself.
Nobody can alter their perception of your true character, till you, yourself, choose to do so.
2 comments:
I really like your writing .. this one is real and super!
yes how nowadays gay(happy) is interpreted as GAY. Nice write up.
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