A Common Condition

After my last post about complaining, I did not foresee myself writing about the subject again. However, I feel as though I have been bombarded by complaints ever since. Real, imagined, and just plain pointless are the things I have been seeing. Most are aimed at anonymous groups of "others". As though the whole world is at fault. Everything must be wrong in the world if so many feel they have to speak out about the most trivial of things. "To err is human, to forgive is divine" said Alexander Pope some 300 years ago. Have truer words been spoken? I am not religious in any way, but what happened to the Golden Rule?

It hurts me. It really does. Maybe I feel too much, maybe I'm dramatic. So many people seem to be disgusted with everyone else. What makes them think that they are so right? How can they possibly judge? Even children know that everyone makes mistakes. They know that not everyone is as smart. They also know that they aren't the best and the smartest out there. If those generalizations are not true, please, bring me a self-righteous child who is unwilling to change their mind.

I hear so many generalizations about people abusing welfare, people drinking, people being bloody "stupid". I just want everyone to shut. up.

How can one judge a mother? How can someone judge another's intelligence? How do you choose who is wrong for this world? And who told you everything was going to be fine?

There are so many proverbs about people in glass houses and pointing fingers. When did the world stop listening?

I just want to say: People have always been this way.  Actually, if you look back through history, we are so much better off than we've ever been. In the Western world we are half civilized. There are serious problems in society. But how long everyone going to sit on their lazy ass, watching TV, or browsing the internet before they finally take a damn stand, and DO SOMETHING.

Quit your bitching.

*Yes, I am aware of the hypocritical nature of this post. That is why it is titled "A Common Condition".

Sleeplessness

Questions lead to more questions
At unparalleled speeds
And a frenetic pacing behind my eyes...
Punctuation is carving away at reality
Half formed ideas slip a w a y . . . . . . . . .

What Gives You The Right To Complain?

Seriously? We all listen to complaints. We all have them. But what makes anyone's problems more worthy of hearing? It seems common, that while complaining, the plaintiff has a superiority complex. As if the simple fact that they are stating their problems makes their problems the greatest in the whole world. Obviously, that isn't the case 99% of the time. Yeah, I just made up that statistic.
Anyways, I'm not writing to complain about whiny people. That would make me a huge hypocrite. I'm writing to try and understand empathy, or the lack of it, when someone starts to tell you their problems. I always try to see others' perspectives, but find myself apathetic sometimes. Mostly when someone else is in pain. We've all been in pain. And sometimes, you just want to tell someone to stop being a crybaby. The next time I'm in pain, though, I do want someone to listen to me and emphasize. And I believe most people think that by not talking about pain, etc., it means you are stronger. But are complainers weak? Everyone is always searching for the people that will listen to their most juvenile complaints.

And, as often happens, I realized that this post is going nowhere, and that I've said all I've got to say.

It comes down to this: When do you feel you've overstepped your bounds when complaining. Call it what you will- Sharing a story, describing a bad experience, relationships, pain, anxiety... When is it ok and when should you "man up"? Is it possible to share a bad experience without someone else labeling it complaining?