shamefulness

un-original. subliminal. i don't mean to be so traditional.

take a guess i'm lower than simple.

it seems senseless to me when people don't respect other's opinions. you don't have to agree with them, but it makes everything a whole lot easier if you respect them. obviously some people aren't mature enough to think of that so in the past week i have learnt from a few different experiences. in light of saying that, nobody reads my blog so i have pretty good faith that i won't have any problems. believe it or not, no disrespect is meant anyone, i am simply expressing my ideas and feelings. don't like it? well don't read it. down to business:

This last week has really opened my eyes. I have had a few separate and un-related experiences that have hurt me, offended me and saddened me all at the same time. This week was my first week back from school holidays and though my two week break was very un-eventful, I was smacked in the face when I got off the bus at school being met by a fantastic silence between my friends. What followed was a day of silent rage at one person for her mistrust and immaturity of the other who was innocent and unaware to what she had supposedly done to cause this problem (Reference to Screw you guys we hate high school).

In other parts of my life, I have been enjoying a little more freedom with my parents as I approach the big one-eight. The last few months I have had a few bumps with my parents when our opinions and views have conflicted (as can be expected) and I felt that maybe my parents were having a hard time accepting the fact that soon I would be 18 and have/need alot more independence from them. And so I with that thought in mind I prepared myself for the weeks ahead as dad's workload became a bit fuller and expected alot more stress to be on all of us. I was pleasantly surprised then to find that our hard work and extra efforts to maintain an active family life aswell as balance school, work and church worked out. So the last 2 weeks have wound down without any hiccoughs. That is until a few nights ago.

As all my faithful readers know by now, my wonderful father was the person who got me started on blogspot and I enjoy reading his daily posts on his own blog. My father is a wonderful man who enjoys looking at everything and anything with a view from the outside and tries to look at things unbiasedly. He never tries to offend or embarrass but many people misunderstand this simple man's words. Recently there was a misunderstanding of one of his posts on his blog in which he expressed his feelings and instead of approaching him neutrally and asking why he felt this way an trying to understand, he was told that he was being offensive and should be ashamed of what he had said. What makes it even more unbelievable to me is that this behaviour is coming from people that I respect and love and who are older than me. Well, I don't know what kind of twisted, warped values I have been taught in today's dying world but that's not normally how we approach people we have issues with.

Are we ready for this lesson again little kiddies?

you don't have to agree with other people's opinions, but it makes everything a whole lot easier if you respect them. 

Think about it. How do you feel when people assume something about you? How do you feel when people attack you without good reasoning? How do you feel when you are told that it doesn't matter what you think or how you feel? Well, maybe you don't know how it feels but it doesn't matter. Christlike behaviour entails the correct treatment others. So until all you other losers start acting your age, stay the hell away from me.