Being innocent and being foolish are two different things.
© Z.
© Z.
Pricks and pickles
Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius states in Meditations, “When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly."
The above quote made my day. I find myself constantly struggling to understand why some people are so vicious and petty. Why did she say that? Why did he do it? Some of the inquisitiveness arises from my own interest in understand people's behaviour, but boy! can it be taxing!
I will break this post into 2 sections. One - Why I think they do it. Two - Why does it bother me.
Why I think they do it
When someone is being a prick, it's usually because they want the attention. Attention seeking behv arises from insecurities of being not good enough or not being considered important enough or fearing loss of control or plainly, knowing that one sucks.
Such folks will constantly poke you. They are narcissists who can survive only if you acknowledge their existence. But if it's a co…
The above quote made my day. I find myself constantly struggling to understand why some people are so vicious and petty. Why did she say that? Why did he do it? Some of the inquisitiveness arises from my own interest in understand people's behaviour, but boy! can it be taxing!
I will break this post into 2 sections. One - Why I think they do it. Two - Why does it bother me.
Why I think they do it
When someone is being a prick, it's usually because they want the attention. Attention seeking behv arises from insecurities of being not good enough or not being considered important enough or fearing loss of control or plainly, knowing that one sucks.
Such folks will constantly poke you. They are narcissists who can survive only if you acknowledge their existence. But if it's a co…
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