Shrek was right. People are like onions, they have layers. Sometimes there are so many that even the person him/herself has yet to fully discover what they look like holistically. Some people I think, never ever really find out.
I always believe that there is a reason behind the way people act, and the things they do. Behaviour often boils down to one’s happiest and darkest experiences, upbringing (yes, I will admit this after 25 years of living), and surroundings - note to Singaporeans: walking from one end of Orchard Road to the other end is NOT horrifically far.
It really is tricky, this behaviour thing - it catches you just when you are not looking, and gives you away. Can’t take the village out of the girl, the village just keeps on “shinin’ rite through”…a chorus to a bad song.
But. With the old "human onion", you get surprised sometimes. Not every layer is the same! Sometimes people learn and they grow, and they get better. Sometimes it’s just a blind spot - big as a dinner plate, but still, a blind spot.
You just really have to take the time to peel the whole thing through to be able to say “oh..it looks like this actually..”. And as with all of God’s creatures, when you put all the layers back together again, it will make sense and it will be..acceptable, if not beautiful after all. So to those who push my wrong buttons at times; the elitists, the name-droppers, the One Who Speaks Too Much In The Loo, the shamelessly-oblivious…maybe we just haven’t spent enough time. In all honesty, I am not sure that I want to spend more time with each and every one of you.
But in the mean time before we decide, I will take a good friend’s advice and let it slide.. (truly, the male mind is a wonderfully forgiving thing in its opaqueness)
Peace to all this weekend.
2 comments:
Now if were onions, would it mean that we smell worse and worse as we peel the layers away? Hehehe...;o)
Ha ha good one Afti, I however think the deeper we go in the more we tend to hide. Not easy to peel layers, though. Hmmm which onion do you think I would be; the big red shiny one, or the brown bombay onions or shallots or.....
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