Eternal Optimists and their Eternal Annoyance.
Few things annoy me more than people who try extremely hard to find beauty in the world, and to find the positive attributes of everyone, everything, and every situation. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I hae optimists. Sometimes the glass is half full, I fully agree.
But when there is no water left in the glass and people claim that its probably better that way, that bothers me.
If there was a huge fire and thousands of people die, and you tell me that its probably better because it teaches people to cherish things more, i won't agree with you. There are other ways to realise that.
If you tell me that the tsunami was gods way of showing us the humanity in people, and is thus fully justified, i will vehemently deny your point. I might even beat you up. It bothers me when people say things like that.
Because these are the people who sit back, watch thousands of people die in an earthquake, watch trains derail, watch floods claim dozens of lives, watch terrorists bomb buildings, and just say tsktsk. Pity. But you know what? Its alright, because the trees are green, the birds are chirping and the sky is blue. What more can you ask for?
Psh.
I will, without a doubt, hit you if you tell me that.
Because today's world is not beautiful. There is more ugly than beautiful, and people have to start accepting that. And doing something about it.
If the sky is always blue for you, you will never know what to do when it rains.
But when there is no water left in the glass and people claim that its probably better that way, that bothers me.
If there was a huge fire and thousands of people die, and you tell me that its probably better because it teaches people to cherish things more, i won't agree with you. There are other ways to realise that.
If you tell me that the tsunami was gods way of showing us the humanity in people, and is thus fully justified, i will vehemently deny your point. I might even beat you up. It bothers me when people say things like that.
Because these are the people who sit back, watch thousands of people die in an earthquake, watch trains derail, watch floods claim dozens of lives, watch terrorists bomb buildings, and just say tsktsk. Pity. But you know what? Its alright, because the trees are green, the birds are chirping and the sky is blue. What more can you ask for?
Psh.
I will, without a doubt, hit you if you tell me that.
Because today's world is not beautiful. There is more ugly than beautiful, and people have to start accepting that. And doing something about it.
If the sky is always blue for you, you will never know what to do when it rains.
posted by sedder at 10:39 pm
6 Comments:
for that matter, the world has never been beautiful.
powerful, even for a diatribe
Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder!!
@reshma and devil:
I think Devil is right. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Because when I was a kid, the world was beautiful to me. But in truth, it was probably just as bad, just that I didn't see it. So is ignorance bliss, then? For a kid, yeah, probably.
@manu:
Most diatribes are powerful, my friend. So powerfully bitter it gives paavakkaai a run for its money. I think i'm turning into appa with my metaphors.
i think the world was beautiful before humans started to live on it. it probably would be beautiful now too, if not for us.
@ karthik:
It depends on what beauty is to you. If you're talking about untouched jungles, forests, flowers, unpolluted starry nights, then yes. The world would be much more beautiful if humans didn't exist.
But if you think the progression of the world is in itself a marvellous and beautiful thing, then humans form the core of that beauty.
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