No logic today

Wanted to delete some of my older posts.

Not for their poor quality, but because I don't even understand them.

What was I thinking?

But believe me, I think deeply. And out of respect for my habitual thoughtfulness, I logged out without deleting those posts.It was some logical train of thought that I failed to capture on paper. A thought so badly expressed that it seems illogical now. An idea so fragmented that I neither recognize or remember it for what it was in my mind.

 Surely people who read them will skip my blog.

Sorry to those who had to read it.But you will not read my 'sorry', because you, of course, are avoiding my blog.
Tata!!!

Logically speaking of bad behaviour and the buts

Bad behaviour is abhorrent. But, I have come to realize something.

I have always avoided interacting with the badly behaved. But it was wrong of me to categorize all such people as one and do that.

Bad behaviour is hurtful. But my habit of judging people just for behaviour was definitely childish.

Behaviour is just one aspect of a person. A person may not have lived in an environment that taught them good behaviour, or may not have the instinct to present themselves to others in a pleasing or unobjectionable manner.

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But he or she might want to save the world or serve others. Like our nurses and grass root political workers.

 They might not have social awareness,, but might be mindful of rules, like all those who stop at red lights, and pay their taxes.

They might not smile at a neighbour, but might be supporting an extended family.

f I think about it, I do know so many nasty people who worry more about their family than they do about their own health.

A human being is complex. No story about any human can possibly encompass his or her reality fully, but can only capture snapshots of a life. 

I think my realization is going to add a lot of positive vibes to my everyday.

Also I would stop trusting well behaved people and hanging out only with them, as they can be totally useless otherwise.

Sensible, logical me, me, me

Last post I wrote about how I was dysfunctional and could not blog. But the week after that I haven't been blogging for better reasons.
They are,
I am
working on a textbook.
and at the same time,
formatting some files for some other organization, (I might get fired from this assignment, as I am awful at this work)
and at the same time,
trying to get into something totally new, related to scripts of tv shows.
So,

signing off with exhaustion and feeling a whole lot better about myself
yours truly

a currently logical Indian

illogical nonsense and me

So, why was my blog left without entries for such a long time.

I did a lot of stupid things.

a. Stumbled on a hillock and got a thorn thrust into my ankle

b. was sick for over a week because I kept going on hikes with a sore ankle

c. a pregnant lady got scared and stumbled on her car tyre, and fell on seeing my dog, which was a good two hundred metres away, and I let her husband be nasty to my whole family, without cutting him to size right at the beginning. (doctor said she and the baby were fine, the same night, btw)

d. Iocked myself out of my house and climbed into the first floor with the help of a ladder to let myself in

e. fell from my scooter and was injured

I think around that time, I did many more stupid things, but can't remember.

All this happens because I try to do too many things at a time. kinda slowed down and want to do only important things from now on.

Cheers to good sense and less stupidity. I love my dogs snoozing at my feet and all is well at the moment.

Candy crush logic

I finally understood the logic behind candy crush levels.

You got it right, I am a bit slow in many things.

If you want to go to the next level in this game you pay in gold bars. Once the gold bars get over, you can ask your friends for life.  If you don't have friends, you can invite friends. So more people get to play the game. Or you can pay and buy more gold bars, which also come with offers.

Now this post of mine may be read by more people because I used the words candy crush. Great!

How to see both magic and logic

Above all, we should look around us, then watch, observe and listen to people around us carefully. Only then we will be able to understand the logic and be startled by the magical outcomes of interaction.
Sometimes we are bombarded by quick comments, easy replies and hasty conclusions, and get carried away by the drama.
Films, novels and drama on television create an illusion that life is made up of important and interesting scenes, and in the absence of such continuous and obvious drama in comfortable middle class lives, we feel compelled to create them for our benefit and that of others.
I benefit a lot by watching people and handle tricky situations carefully, and even when I mistakes that have terrible consequences, my behaviour is close to normal. But I was not always so.
As a young person, my life experiences seemed shocking, upsetting and as badly handled as could be. I wish someone had taught me to watch, observe and understand people. I wish I had taught this to my kids.
I do help a lot of young people to cope with situations professionally, but really wish some one had looked at me, say when I was in college and asked, " What's wrong?" and I had trusted them enough to talk to them.

ill-logic

Read "Catcher in the Rye" when I was seventeen. I agreed a lot with the 'phony' accusations of Holden. Then as a teacher I read that the main character was a sociopath. Phew! I must have been one too, I thought. Then I read comments by a number of unknown readers online, who said that they identified with Holden a lot. That made me feel safe about having owned up to feeling just as he did.

It is soothing to read Holden's monologue about superficial people, who act superficially at times. Holden is a teen and when we are young as he is, we do not have the skill to look beneath the superficiality.

This is where the manipulative mentality scores over the over analytical. A manipulative person sees another human as someone who is either useful or useless. He or She admires only what useful people do.This way they over look the superficiality of people. Then they realize a truth that overly judgmental people fail to see.

The truth is, a lot of superficial acting people are hard working, caring and often just don't know how to act natural. They are not to be judged as bad just because their conversation is superficial. Of course such people are boring companions.

But just because a person's speech or writing has depth or is truthful, it doesn't mean he or she is honest, trustworthy and a harbinger of joy. People are far more complex than that.