JUMPER

Why do we always have the tendency to jump into conclusions?

 

This is a question that I know we are all guilty about.

 

Every single day of my life, I often encounter people who just seem to love “jumping”. I have no idea how they do it. They slap it on your face real hard. No second thoughts there, by the way. Plain and simple.

 

It’s always an “ouch” on my part. But since I am not good at expressing myself, I just let it slip away like nothing happened.

 

As I understand it, the term “jumping to conclusions” or to “jump into conclusions” means to “therefore” conclude on an issue while having no basis at all. You have no proof or concrete evidence whatsoever to be assuming on stuff.

 

As we all know, people don’t have the right to judge anything or anyone without properly understanding the matter first. This is the usual problem of the world – doing things or saying stuff without thinking or second thoughts, perhaps.

 

For me, jump is not the correct term to use. It’s DIVE.

 

When they jump into conclusions, they instantly dive into nothingness. A deep and dark chasm. Waiting for the fall. To finally declare their own death.

 

Well, just forget this. Forget everything that you’ve just read. Forget these things I said. Go back to your normal life. This is nothing but craziness. Don’t ever think about what this entire entry says. Just go forth and bear fruit.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO MEMORY LANE?

The title says it all. I’m asking you because I’ve just returned from an unusual one.

Yes, you’ve read it right! That was one hell of a ride to the past after a long time.

There I was, browsing the pages from the previous years. I found myself indulged in the scenes of old memories, laughing alone, trying to picture out what happened then.

People often walk down this lane in solitude. It’s fun to run with a friend, though! You walk because you’re sad. And you run because you’re happy.

So there we were, keeping ourselves busy while we forgot that the world was still turning and time was ticking fast. After the trip to the somewhat ancient medieval times or even the jurassic era, we simply wanted to relive the past in the present. We found ourselves incorporating the old with the new, realizing how happy we were that we did the silly flashback.

It’s funny how we can laugh at ourselves for what we thought we won’t do but actually did in the past. Crazy, isn’t it.

And a once in a blue moon trip to memory lane for those with memory gaps will surely drive them nuts!

BITTERSWEET REVENGE

Have you ever felt the strong urge to take revenge on someone for that bad thing they’ve done to you?

There you are, thinking: “you will pay for this!”

 

 

While still in the planning stage, of course you would want the others to suffer as much as you did, or worse. Most of the time, you think of doing the same thing to them. It is a natural mechanism that would make them feel what it’s like to be in the situation. Another is by initializing a different evil plot far worse than what was done to you. This is often planned together with pride, as you would want others to be down on the ground. Well, figuratively.

During the actual event itself, you anticipate the initial reaction or response of the target. It is also the time when you savor the moment and rejoice for the feeling that you have finally avenged yourself. As the tension fades, you start to notice that there is something lurking in the depths of your heart. It’s a certain sensation sent to your brain that makes it wonder if you’re doing the right thing. Are you getting the point here? Meaning, there is an emotional side effect on you. Your conscience won’t let you get away with what you’ve done.

After the entire scenario, there you are, feeling so bad. You’re having this intellectual battle against your mind, your conscience haunting you forever. Then you start to think positive and just let the so-called “golden rule” be the one to straighten things out. If I am not mistaken, it goes something like: “Don’t do to others what you don’t want them to do to you”.

Revenge is sweet. But it gets bitter. Revenge feels good. But it’s bad. How ironic.

WHAT’S HAPPENING???

Wow, what a great start… The graduates of 2008 are slapped real hard in the face with problems that keep getting worse. What am I talking about? Read the dailies. Watch news. Listen to the radio commentaries. Aren’t you sick of it?

No need to enumerate the obvious. It’s right here in front of us. We are being eaten by the monsters that our poor country cannot defeat. Others flee, some choose to stay and fight. Those who flee wish to save their lives. The ones who stay unconsciously commit suicide.

The irony of it all is that how can we save our country if we only wish to save ourselves? How can we win this battle if the warriors are dying and have no chances of survival at all?

Now, I ask all of you to decide.

Would you rather save yourself and see your beloved country blown to smithereens?

Or would you stay behind knowing that you will surely die along with your country?

Cruel, isn’t it? But true. Think about it.

MISSING SOMEONE?

If there’s someone who misses you, do you miss that person too? Let’s say, you haven’t seen your friend a long time ago. Because of busy schedules, you don’t have regular ways of communication. You even have the tendency to forget your friend’s face. Then suddenly, out of the blue, your friend pops out of nowhere just to tell you he or she misses you. Then you begin to reminisce and look back to the moments you’re together. And realize how you really miss that person too…

 

 

NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE

After several years of exposure to studying about the theory of nonviolent resistance, Martin Luther King Jr. came up with some beliefs concerning this philosophy. One was that nonviolent resistance was the most effective tool of the oppressed people in their mission to seek social justice.

When we say nonviolent resistance, it does not necessarily mean that the individual is afraid. It simply means to resist without creating violence, focusing the attacks on the system itself rather than the people behind it. In addition, nonviolent resisting also suggests accepting acts of violence from the opposite side but not creating any form of aggression against them at all. For the resisters, social transformation is possible through suffering. Another belief is that of the kind of love known as agape. It is an unselfish love because it begins by loving other people, whether friend or foe, as neighbors, for their sakes.

Generally, the path towards social change depends on the intense faith of the resister that the whole of creation is on his side. By believing that an inner force binds the universe as a whole, the resister tends to regain strength and continue to strive for change.