Pedestal
You know
the one topic that tends to pique our interest the most? When you’re standing
in a group of people and everyone tells a story of what’s happened in the
latest news. You won’t ask questions about how increased tea exportation will
help the economy; you won’t give a hoot about the new street lights in Nairobi.
What you’ll care about is the story of that politician or Pastor who has
family/marital problems. That celeb that got wasted and was arrested for being
drunk and disorderly or something. And it’s such a natural response!
Suppressing the urge to know and spread the latest dirt about others is a
learned skill.
And maybe
it’s because secretly we are jealous. Secretly we covet the success of those
among us who’ve distinguished themselves in some way and now stand on a
pedestal above us. Secretly we are dissatisfied with our lives and we just
can’t stand to see others do better than we have. Secretly we know that there’s
something wrong with being unable to be happy for someone else’s triumphs and
instead waiting to see them stumble.
Just a
thought...
Ciao...
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