Picture perfect - is it real or memorex?
What is it with my empathy that it pains me to observe certain situations. Let me explain. In the morning I am sitting by the pool at Smugglers. the staff of the hotel are walking around as I am sure they have been told to do. A sign sits outlining the day’s activities to which someone is responsible for leading. I think I have seen him around. no one is looking to participate. My heart aches as I feel sad for them, feeling uncomfortable, feeling like I should participate but I don’t want to. So then I feel guilty.
It is the same way I feel at craft fairs. you want to wander around and look at the stuff but at each booth is the craft creator, hoping eagerly that you’ll buy their wares. The problem is that I don’t want things for the most part and I certainly can’t buy something at each booth. So I am left with this sickly wrenching feeling and for the most part I won’t go to the fairs or I will walk at a distance from the booth so as to not be so close as to be within the range of engagement. Often I am in and out of those fairs within 10 – 20 minutes.
Solace in the trees
It is that same emotional experience I have described at the beginning of this post. What is that? Is that too much empathy? You can’t please everyone. Nature demands nothing of us. So as such, I will seek solace in the trees. Think about it. Those poor organisms can’t even walk away from things they don’t like. They just have to sit and take it.
empathy is a natural human quality that i think exists to varying degrees in everyone. biologically speaking, we need it as social beasts and to me it is one of the greatest of traits. you just have to train yourself to use your great abundance of it to improve the world.
Thanks Lauren. Yes but empathy shouldn’t debilitate you!!! Well perhaps that word is a bit extreme but I think I perceive desparation in people that doesn’t exist because if I were in their shoes I wouldn’t be feeling desparate I would probably just be feeling ambivalent – I love that word!
I do the exact same thing, sometimes I take binoculars so I can view the stuff at a safe distance. I would love to be like Kramer and have no inabitions.
I would too if I knew what inabitions are. Perhaps that should be a new word. I know you meant inhibitions. But let’s think about inabitions. Maybe if we add an m it can be inambitions. Does that mean to be within ambitions or without ambitions. Just having fun with ya. Just arrived in Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand – absolutely gorgeous mountain town – area used in Lord of Rings. Have been here before. There are more outdoor activities than you can shake a stick at (a stupid saying nonetheless). Apparently you can do heaps of riding on wakatipu and surrounding areas – so says a kite forum. Trying to find out info. My girlfriend Linda lives half and hour from here.
I blame my speech to text app. I stand by my excuse!
I’m not stubid.
Well put. Or should I say, well defended. Good wind here today.
Sounds like Mark is looking for an excuse to find somewhere new to Kite surf.
Oh – I would say that is a given. But I must admit that New Zealand would certainly be worth his time. Queenstown is just lovely and excellent skiing and winter boarding too.
Hope you enjoy your visit with your girlfriend
What’s up Gladys Brocklehurst
How do I get an Avatar?
Why do you want an avatar???
That blank siloet by my name creeps me out, I know there’s a spelling mistake, just trying to drive Gladys Brocklehurst crazy.
Oh – yea – that’s a setting I did, wondered what it did. I will have to change that back. Please stay tuned!
Mark is succeeding in making me crazy – I love his spelling – what is a siloet!!!
He is making me laugh. I know, I didn’t have the heart to correct him on siloet – aka silhouette!
Just went to a movie and dinner with Ewan – says he has not had time to read your blog yet but will do so tomorrow.
What movie did you see?