What happens when you see your closest showing some kind of sympathy, affection, affinity, closeness, fondness towards some other person other than you?
For example, lets take a 5 year old girl Sophie. To her the whole world is her dad. He is her real hero and role model (I guess 90% of girls in the world will have the same kind of perception. May be this would change slightly after reaching teens)
Just think how Sophie will feel like when
Case 1.)
She sees her dad getting a pen or some small gift to her friend Lucy
Case 2.)
Her dad scolds her by saying "Lucy is more (obedient || silent || intelligent || beautiful || helpful || ....) when compared to you."
Case 3.)
Sophie usually asks her dad to return home early so that she can spend some more time with her dad. But dad usually turns up late night saying that he was struck up with his work. One fine day he gets back home early in-order to attend Lucy's Birthday party along with Sophie.
These cases may sound trivial. But to Sophie these are really vital cases.
Even we may face few situations that arise due to possessiveness in our day to day life. How to overcome those?
* The closest not be regarded so close
* By not having anyone as closest
* By not expecting anything from closest
* Your opinion .................... ?
Anju
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First of all.. whatever a 5 year old girl thinks is only out of innocence.... When she grows up she will learn many things....
ReplyDeleteAs for me. I feel that we should never regard anyone to be so close in our life (except parents).. Because the closer you let a person in your life,the more power they have to hurt you badly...
Pakraga.... Ithu podhuma????
@Bala: I like the way in which you have replied.
ReplyDelete// Because the closer you let a person in your life,the more power they have to hurt you badly... //
Especially this verse is clouded truth..
Analogy in the last line of your comment is cool :)
Considering the same scenarios with a 24 year old Sophie and Lucy
ReplyDeleteCase 1.) Dad is going to gift Lucy once in a blue moon but how many times has sophie received gifts from him ? ( a 24 yr old sophie should understand that Dad is just trying to encourage/reward Lucy for some good deed )
Case 2.) Comparison between 5 year old is bad but comparison between 24 year old is just to show how mature lucy is and how reckless + Childish sophie is.
Case 3.) Same as case 1, coming home early every day is one thing & coming home early for sophie friend's birthday ( once in a year ) so that there is no damage to sophie's image is another.
What a dad is supposed to do when a 24 year old starts behaving a like a 5 year old ? All he can say is GROW UP!
@Dunce: So what you conclude here? Do you mean "Possessiveness is inversely proportional to age"?
ReplyDelete@anjali Not necessary. However the scenarios portrayed here are typical childishness which are bound to fade as you grow. Sophie still has not realized that dad will always love her no matter what and dad is doing everything for the well being of Sophie.
ReplyDelete@Dunce: Its cool. Your words really made me happy :)
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