Sometimes I'm not really sure if we ever grow out of middle school (or high school, for that matter) mentalities. I'm speaking of myself, too, when I say this (not trying to throw jabs). Some situations in life just make it ever more clear that the human mind/spirit is prone to drama....and even prone to enjoying the pain it causes. I'm not sure I want to discuss the situation I'm referring to in specifics, but the gist of it is that people always want to claim being victim. It's like a game of blame-shifting (but then, it's been that way since Adam & Eve!) that is all about playing innocent, avoiding guilt and garnering pity. Take a step back, and it all looks pretty selfish from the audience's perspective--but you can never see that when you're stuck in the acting.
As difficult as it is to drag yourself away from the pull of drama (what I mean is letting petty human behavior really get to you), I think that may be the true task of "growing up". It will never completely go away (we live in a fallen world), but the hope is that perhaps someday we will watch it subside from the sidelines with little to no involvement--or perhaps the type of involvement that resolves the issue altogether (without making it worse first).
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