We prefer our morning beverages hot, and our cold. We prefer our dinner soup hot, and alcoholic drinks cold. Some people like their bath hot, and some prefer it cold. While some of us tend to be warm and welcoming towards the people around us, there are also those who are stoic and prefer to keep their cool.
On the other hand, while some of us were irritated by the cold, almost-never-lasting rain, we will still resent the hot and dry sunny days. We normally feel uncomfortable with fire or ice on our skin. Droughts and blizzards can destroy our abundance of resources leading to an agonizing scarcity.
Then allow me to ask you guys this question.
You have no choice but to pick one out of this two:
- Hot: Compassion and Ignorance
- Cold: Justice and Heartlessness
I know this sounds bizarre. This IS bizarre! However, everyone has his limits on everything. Even breathing. In this case, our level of tolerance. I am sure you know where I am getting at.
Here's the scenario:
You lost your initial pillar of hope. You saw little meaning in Life. You know you under-performed in your academics this semester because you never took them seriously. You personally know you were slacking and started having so much of your own fun that it had unfortunately became a distraction especially towards your general focus. You found it very difficult to concentrate on every words on the slide, on every word the lecturer speaks.
Then one day, you had a new-found resolution. You wanted to clear your conscience. You wanted to grasp any and every chance there is. Fame. Recognition. Respect. The many delights of success.
You walked into the lecture hall, mentally prepared. You adjusted your mind towards the lecture, narrowing your focus towards all the lecturer has to provide.
You started to get the gist of it. You felt really focused. That is until some very irritating chatters and laughter filled the theater. The unwelcome sounds grew, and grew. They echoed upon the walls of the theater, right into your ears. Like a dagger on leather, it broke your focus. You start feeling dizzy...
Yeah... Guess I will leave the story right here.
The very intrepid me was open to one out of two decisions:
- Keep the heat in me and tolerate the distractions in favor of those making those noise at the expense of affecting my academics.
- Provide feedback to the lecturer on the distractions made by those assholes from the other classes to help myself focus on the lecture, getting them into trouble.
This was by far the most annoying decision I had to decide. Can there ever be a true consensus between everyone of us? Do they ever consider about the interests of others and tried putting themselves on others' shoes? Why can't we all just get along?
Let me tell you guys something about myself... I actually have two masks. One is red, and the other, blue.
The red mask signifies rashness, recklessness and fury. It also contains the qualities of an honorable person: Compassion towards any and everyone, confidence in any situation, and resilience that say "Never give up!".
The blue mask, on the other hand, signifies solitude, ignorance and deceit. Yet, I tend to feel more calm, able to think more clearly, and brings about the true cunning within my soul.
When I thought about it, if I had made a decision without putting on a mask, what would it have been? In the end, I still chose the flaming red mask when I decided to suck it all up, and try to catch up on the lecture at home... Once again, compassion had ruled over my decision-making...
Also, when I thought about it, I had always been bearing masks. Almost everyday in life. Perhaps only a chosen few had actually seen me without these masks. Maybe just one person, or two? Maybe these masks catalyzes some of the pieces that form part of my true personality. My true self... I really wonder... When will I ever fully discover about my true self...
Perhaps I am more than just a simple business student...
