The one thing that plagues social lives for some people, the fact that some people are not open and honest about their opinion. Some things are better left unsaid, true, but somethings are heinously needed to be spoken about. Another fact is that both genders think that the opposite is so confusing, and many attribute much of this mystery to the unopened doors of the afformentioned gender. A degree of openess is needed in many peoples lives (unless one of you work at the CIA. . .) because although in the previous privacy post I stated that we should not violate other's privacy. You might think this is contradicting said previous post, but instead it is fitting like a puzzle peice. Listen closely, being open can in fact help your privacy. It doesn't happen often, because we don't give too much notice to it but it's true, unfortunatly I can't think of a good example off of the top of my head. When/if I re-edit this I'll give an example. I digress, frankly being open is good in some respects, but also requires tact (something some of us have yet to gain). You might here me saying that you should always settle differences or else they will turn into anger, then fury, then spite, then bitterness, then being an old hermit on a hill with a big dog in a rickety old house and you spit at everyone, . . . it's true. Being open also applies to telling someone when you have done something/have been done unto. I now refer to Timford's post of jumping to conclusions, that if you are going to talk to someone, make sure you've got the facts right. In the end, if your too open, people know everything about you (bad) if your too private people know nothing about you (bad), but if your both open at the right times and private at the right times then people will respect you for what you are and not someone who keeps too many secrets, or no secrets.
P.S. I shall ( like Harvey[who had the idea]) now be leaving a random quote at the end of my posts. Good day
Prunes are way too disgusting to be funny - C.S. Lewis
Saturday, November 12, 2005
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3 comments:
I don't know how you can say some of this stuff when you are always saying, "Are you saying I'm fat?" or "Was that a fat joke?" Don't you think that would discourage people from being "open, honest, and otherwise blunt"?
it's an "inside joke"
I know that.
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