Humans are very complex creatures. Aside the complex physiological make up. The emotional component of humans is also a sight to behold. Indeed it is one to marvel at. From irrational behaviour to mood swings, the many colours of human emotions as well as behaviour can be quite confounding. Some persons may display hatred for an individual or even attempt to cause harm via their speech or actions for no apparent reason. The mix of the expression of human emotions brings to mind a meme I came across in a newspaper publication sometime ago.
The meme was that of a father, son and their donkey who were on a journey of some sorts. The occurrences while they proceeded on this journey of theirs brings to life some of the things one is likely encounter when dealing with individuals in the environment or society in which we live. The meme had five scenes .
Scene 1: The man, his son and the donkey were walking side by side ( apparently happily) to their destination. This drew the mockery and condemnation of a set onlookers who who I will refer to as 'watchers' in subsequent scenes. They described the man and his son for being foolish to be walking instead of making the trip on the donkey's back. This prompted the father to take another line of action which leads us to scene two.
Scene 2: Due to the earlier reactions in scene one father and son decided to mount the donkey to proceed on their journey. This drew a different reaction from another set of 'watchers' who described the father son duo as being wicked and heartless for putting the burden of their combined weights on the "poor" donkey. This prompted the duo to reconsider their position which takes us to scene 3.
Scene 3: Father out of compassion decided that his son alone should mount the donkey while he leads the donkey via the reins. This provoked another set of 'watchers' who chastised the son for being disrespectful and rude for allowing his father walk while he alone mounted the donkey. The son felt bad and decided to make 'amends' which unfolds in following scene.
Scene 4: The son out regret he felt due to the comments from the previous scene switches places with his father, allowing him to mount the donkey while he takes control of the reins. This promoted a different reaction from another group of "watchers" who condemned the father for being selfish and uncompassionate for allowing his son to walk while he alone mounted the donkey.
In the midst of the mixed reactions that trailed their actions since the beginning of their sojourn, father and son were at loss as to what to do to please the self appointed "watchers" so they decide to adopt a novel or radical approach which probably might have seemed to be the game changer they needed at the time. However, once again the "watchers" had a fitting response for their final line of action which unravels in scene 5.
Scene 5: The duo of father and son decide that instead of mounting the donkey or allowing it stress itself by walking, they would carry the animal on their shoulders till they arrived at their destination. True to their reputation, our final set of "watchers" made jest of the duo referring to them as being stupid for walking and burdening themselves with carrying the donkey which they could easily have mounted.
These scenes although seemingly hilarious are some of the things we are likely to encounter when dealing with different sets of people that make up our society, each with their respective perspectives to issues. You would have noticed that throughout the entire discourse the donkey was not reported to have protested in any manner to being mounted as it is ordinarily meant to be a beast of burden and therefore used to bearing loads. However some individuals decided to appoint themselves as advocates for it and were protesting on its behalf. Indeed they became the voice of the voiceless donkey.
Little wonder it is often said that living a focused life is like visiting a market place to make a specific purchase. When you visit a market place, in order that you purchase what you went there to get, you have to filter out the noise therein so as to reach the seller of the item you need. Such is what needs to be done in order to achieve our goals or objectives in life. Filter through the noise to get rid of people who attempt to distract you from achieving your goal in life.
The art of filtering out the 'noise' is a life long learning process as in the midst of the noise there may be useful snippets that you can pick up that will point you in the right direction to your destination or help you better navigate your chosen route if you are already on the right path.
Dear reader always keep your eyes on the ball and avoid all the 'tackles' that may appear in your path on the pitch of life in order to be able to score your goal by getting the ball into the net.
Be determined to walk your walk because people will surely talk their talk
Shukran
Danke
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