Randomness

I wanted to write about this for a while and finally got the time to sit down and actually give words to my thoughts.

I have been thinking about how judgemental our society has become lately. It seems that everyone is judging everyone else but also very cleverly able to justify it. Politicians attacking each other, conservatives attacking the liberals, straight people attacking the gays and the list can go on and on.

Recently I came across a story about a TV show personality in Pakistan who is going through a divorce and is planning to marry the head of her network. Now, I know that divorce is a very tough thing to go through for anybody but this person, just because she is a media personality, people feel it is their God given right to ridicule and pass judgement on her. They are saying things like she is characterless, a slut and a bad mother but do they really know what is actually going on in her life? Do they even know if it is entirely her fault or not? It is sad to see people who claim that they are respectable say derogatory things about someone they don't even know. Why so much hatred? What difference does it make in their lives if she goes through a divorce and marries someone else? I think it's the culture of social media which reports even when a celebrity sneezes and too many folks with too much time on their hands to analyze such things.


Another issue that is bothering me lately is how rude people have become while driving. There is a street in my neighborhood that usually has several cars parked in front of homes and people driving through there have to carefully navigate their way around it. I remember, back in the day, when you see and oncoming car you would get behind a parked car and let the other car pass. That was the thing to do but lately I have noticed that nobody wants to yield and both cars are racing to get to the other side, no matter how congested the street. The first couple of times it happened, I ignored it and made way for the other car just to be courteous but lately it seems that my niceness is being taken for granted because not only the other driver races by, he or she doesn't even bother to wave as a thank you! So my patience is wearing thin and I am beginning to find myself becoming just like them. Maybe that's not the right thing to do but a person can only take so much!!

Finally, I am hopeful that all the violence and ignorance in the world will be over soon so we can all go back to being good human beings who care about other human beings no matter what the color of our skin or choice of faith. I want us to be rewarded for our minds and hard work at our workplace instead of how our legs look in that fitted pencil skirt. I want so many things but will settle for this for now.

Until next time!
R