Thursday, March 02, 2006
Humans...the degraded specie
As swift as a dagger, this sudden realisation...struck me, making me feel very disturbed...As i conversed with my friends, as life goes on, everything, everyone...it seems to me that people are forever preoccupied with their work, making sure that everything goes smoothly, so that there may not be setbacks, no hiccups, no whatsoever...Should setbacks occur, however, the people who aimed for perfection will be so badly hit, so mentally derailed that they let their mind get the better of them...They allow themselves to be manipulated in what is believed to be the "major", "unforgivable" mistake...in anything they do next...taking a long long time to pack up their emotions...
Didn't it occur to us that we learn from failures, as the good old saying always put it, "u pick urself up along the path"?
We are so fearful of failure, that failing became such a taboo, that people shun it at all cost, in return for what they see as a better goal for themselves...Grades, money...Can we ever be satisified with our results? Monetary gains? It appears to be a gaping black hole, waiting for more victims to be trapped under this illusionary self fufilling prophecy...
i find it so bewildering...that some people have evolved to be such...that some have become the extremeties...i feel v sad that we r in such a viscious cycle...i feel affected...Is it so true that society does not permit failure? That the Singapore society is failure intolerant? Or did it start as a norm which people slowly embraced..just as they did in letting their mind get the better of them?What a pathetic world...
by xiaojia at 12:18 AM |
3 Comments:
Ya lor ya lor. My friend sis got 4A but gp C5 for A level then she cried like mad. Diaoz...>.<
But was it not the fear to fail that has enabled us to push on despite the overwhelming tasks... the seemingly impossible deadlines?
Have we not often thought that we wouldn't be able to finish everything in time... But somehow, perhaps with a few compromises, we often succeed?
Perhaps you might say... so what? it's a pointless goal... an irrational fear... But perhaps, our society was just modelled after nature. Trying our best not to fail is just an attempt to survive? However, I guess that, like you said, the "attempt" has grown into something far greater that it engulfs some of us. Much like a spiral down the path of drug addiction.
Yes...I do agree that the belief that we can achieve that seemingly impossible "something" enabled that many things to be accomplished, that many problems to be solve...
But perhaps, the more admirable part of accomplishment lies not in the nature of success, but in overcoming the odds...How a person embraces failure and celebrate success is more often than not, the more telling on the character of the person, ain't it? Where comes success without failure (i.e. how would you have tasted the fruits of success without failing? How would you have known how to walk without falling down?)
The problem lies not in modelling after nature, i am sure you know...The problem lies within the individual...
Oh yes, in calling urself human, you seem to be responding to the ironic title of the post...interesting...am i not human as well?
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