RISING ABOVE HATE

Howdy guys, sorry about the brief hiatus in our gist column...like they say "life kicked in!"...hehehe but we (me, myself and I) are back and better for the long haul and I missed you just as you didn't miss me. So back to the picture...sorry the post (you can't begin to imagine how much this picture excites me!), it is often said that hate is like drinking poison and expecting your enemy to die so why do such!?

Oddly, I have a myriad of emotions running through my grey matter writing this post, the good, the bad and the ugly...mostly good though *yawns*. For reasons best known to me, when my day starts to get too cozy I get alarmed! nope...I am not psychotic or anything *rme* its just that more often than not that is when the "monster" lurking in the corner all this while will decide to come out to play...well I guess such is life. More shocking to me, is the fact that on some occasions, knowingly or unknowingly we transpose as the "monsters" for someone else's otherwise cozy day...guess we all need deliverance of some sort (errr...maybe just you :p).

Today, I shall be pointing accusatory fingers because this is a pained post narrative lol. The category of people at the not-too-distant end of my finger are those people with what I call the "Supremacy complex", this folks believe they are better than everyone else and never hesitate to show it...arrogance at its peak. As unrelated as this last sentence might sound to the core gist, yet still, it is very much connected to it and I won't waste any more time in explaining this.

The "hate personified" in meeting this folks is a slow and degenerative process, you don't realize it until it is full blown and you can't recognize yourself anymore. Firstly, they come across as being friendly and knowledgeable...don't be fooled this ploy is to get you to relax your guards and spill your guts while at it. Then they play out the mildly sarcastic and concerned part, unbeknownst to you, they are showcasing their apparent admirable IQ while shedding light on the assumed lack of yours. At this point, you are starting to feel smaller by the minute and you start to question all you know/don't know. The next stage, which is the crucial one is where they show their sheer disregard of the Person and this is exactly where the rage that had been welling up in you slowly but steady turns into hate...you hate yourself for finding you in this situation in the first place and then them for their utter disregard of your person. You start to play out in your mind's eye several sinister scenarios of how this should end...deserve to end, you feel your fist clenching and teeth gritting and the next sound you hear is A LOUD SNEEZE AND THAT'S HOW YOU WAKE UP FROM A BAD DREAM! *runs away*.

Hehehe...did you really think I was gonna leave you off on such a gloomy note! Seriously though, that emotion is real and the best way to overcome is to totally extract yourself from the scenario...best option always. People are gonna hurt you both knowingly or unknowingly and likewise yourself hurting others but it is entirely up to us to allow such pain get the better of us or rise above it. "Unless a child learns to let go he will never learn to walk"- African Proverb.

Have a productive week folks...see you in a jiff ;D