You know how it feels like when you are trapped in between two opposing sides, and there's no way you can side either one without being stared with apprehension from the other or feel bad because you are close to both parties?
It just makes me wonder why people can't learn from each other. Why do rivals exist in the first place. And also who in the world discovered the word 'rival'. Perhaps if this world is a more innocent place, where people live in harmony without 'reading between the lines', there's not even a need to invent weapons in the first place.
But as 'greed' and 'jealousy' sink in, homo sapiens start to perceive things differently. They see more harm, perhaps more than there should be in some cases. They think that certain things their fellow species brothers or sisters do are actually sending provoking messages - messages which mean to harm. And what's next? They get agitated, and start imagining things. I prefer the word 'imagining', for in some cases, those perceived provokations (I'm not sure if this word exist :P) are merely creations of the troubled minds!
Come on. Is it that difficult to let bygones be bygones, and not to take into account every little 'harm' from others? Despite the existing level of education which brings us higher on the academic ladder, we are still among petty people, who cares about nothing but little things they think others do on them. Oh please. Such 'imaginary thoughts' exist in so many people that they actually form communities of people who think like them. Note it's 'communities', because there are different groups of people who enemize different groups of people. Then what's worse? These 'beliefs' are passed down from generation to generation, basically to those people who newly join such 'communities'. What's next? A common rival(s) among people from the same community.
People, relax. Must you see harm in everything your supposedly-rivals do? Maybe they do not mean anything at all! Perhaps it's just your vivid imagination running wild and took over you momentarily. Is it that difficult to make better analysis before making judgements and conclusions?
And even if they really do mean harm, is it that impossible to just dismiss and forget, as long as it doesn't inflict physical harm? Anyway, it's our EQ I'm talking about.
