Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Reality Behind Dealing With Others

By Patricia C. Bass


Appearances can be deceptive. Something flaunting as new might actually be old. New days are generally spent with the same people. Events happen to you all the time. They may seem new to you, but they might just be repetitions of an old pattern. This world of ours runs in cycles. Hence, names and places change over time but people remain the same. Every human in the world has the same trends of selfishness, greed, cruelty, compassion or kindness. 


Your wide range of emotions and the way you see the world is based on your past and future. And both past and present exist only in relation to the present moment in time.

We delude ourselves into thinking we are different because we live in an ultra-modern period of time. But this is completely wrong. As time passes, the era in which people live is subject to change. 


With time, events may change but people's response to them won't. This is because human nature remains fundamentally the same and this reflected in the way people see each other and respond to different situations. 



Besides, the hopes and beliefs that we will see a kinder world in the future have not paid off. Our love and tolerance as a species is far behind the rapid rate at which our knowledge is increasing.

People can treat one another comparatively better, but our mode of interaction, in general, remains the same. This holds true for all places, material and abstract: relationships, families, towns, cities, nations, even the world as a whole. Always remember, a person is capable of anything given the right time and circumstances.

But you must know that it is your attitude that determines, to quite an extent, how you would deal with someone and how they would respond to you. And there is the obvious fact that you can control your own reactions. 


You are scared you might be rejected; you might not get what you want so you refuse to change, cling to your old beliefs, and the ego that keeps your mind from evolving. You know human nature is fundamental and unchangeable, so you might as well change yourself.




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