Thursday, June 4, 2009


Point of view

Ever wondered why you some time cannot get along with some people? Why you don’t like some one, while others can get along with those people very well. Your group may feel that a particular person from other group is not good to talk to and he might think the same about your group.

The reason for this is simple and the topic says everything about it. Lets take an example; Modern art is a kind of art. People who make it and love it will talk about the freedom with which the colors have been used, how they are mixed, what it depicts as a whole. Now take a look through the eyes of a normal person (by that I don’t want to say that modern art lovers are not normal). For him the picture has no meaning, it is a mess of lines and scribble (sorry if any modern art lover is reading this line). The value of the art can be priceless for the modern art lover but not even a dime for a normal person. What is this point of view? Why does it differ from person to person? Why can’t everyone love the same thing? One part of the answer lies in the environment where you grew and most of your adolescent age spent. Someone tells the understanding of right and wrong to you. If you have been told that stealing is bad then you will consider it that way, but if you look at a robber it is right for him because it gives him food to eat, so for his children it isn’t a crime. So when you say that you don’t like a particular person you actually don’t hate him as a person but actually how he has behaves. If the same person had grown in your vicinity he would have the same frequency that you have and what do you know he could have even been your best friend. What I want to argue over here is not the age old fight between good and bad but rather how one can forget the barriers between people thinking differently and accept as they are. You need not love them nor hate them but rather accept their good points and give away the bad point you feel they have. You will be surprised if you spend even a small time with a person you hate and find out what good points he has. You need not be friends for that but just acquaintance with him. For a bat the whole world is upside-down for a squirrel it is right side up and they never stop debating.?