Respect

You know what pisses me off? People who think they are so superior than everyone else. They know more than anyone, their opinions are always correct, anything they don't believe in is wrong. I get so tired of people looking down on what I like and what I do.

Just because others like to enjoy frivolity and don't always take themselves seriously doesn't mean they are inferior or less intelligent than them. Now, if I want to enjoy something that doesn't advance my intellect or makes me think deeply, then that is my choice and I don't need you looking down your nose at me or the things I enjoy.

This is not mean as an attack on anyone, this is just me asking you to respect me enough to respect my choices without any negativity in return.

Thank You.

Superiority Complex

Everyone has that one (or more) friend who seems to find the bad in everything. Nothing seems to be good enough for them.

I've always wondered what it was about them that made them that way. Was it how they were raised? Do they have some great disappointment in their lives that tarnishes everything good? Maybe it's even in their DNA. Whatever the cause, they always seem to want to push their bad attitudes on others, infecting us all with their ugly mindset.

They think they're so superior; that somehow their witty comments, which they feel the need to express, make them better than everyone. Honestly, I think it's actually the exact opposite.

The Eightfold Path of the Buddha says you must have right views, right intentions, selflessness and love, and to promote good and prevent evil, etc. I believe this is all I need to know; a mantra of sorts. That having a positive attitude will make me an enlightened person.

Ironic

In a world of e-mails, text messages, social web sites and blogs, what hope have we of maintaining physical contact with friends and relatives? When Christmas visits consist of Skyping and summer vacations are viewed via Facebook from friends, can we still speak and write without the use of lmao, brb, btw and lol? Not only are our words abbreviated, but our relationships are as well. The irony of writing this in a blog does not escape me, but I have held out for almost a decade. My time has now come to try to jump forward into the sea of technology and document my thoughts and feelings that are so important to me; although, to others, who have no interest and more opinions than I might find hard to tolerate, might be considered mundane or offensive. For better or worse though, this is me and this blog is my outlet. Take from it what you will.