A Comment Borne From The Sidebar

I was re-reading the note written under "About Me" on my sidebar. The part that reads "...the ramblings of a middle-aged man who has no real sense of the world around him." got me thinking. I wrote that in a playful manner with no real thought given to any depth or seriousness. But, today those words have leapt out at me for I believe them to be true. I really do not get the world around me for the most part. I am a terrible player with regards to the games people play. I cannot for the life of me understand how people can be nice to a person outwardly while inwardly they harbour ill will. I remain amazed at how a persons jealousy can spurn on acts of maliciousness. I am awed by the ability some people have of feeling righteous in doing ill to others. The ability to fool themselves. The belief that they are not responsible or accountable for their spiteful actions. In fact it often seems to me we celebrate people who do these things. Here is a thought for you: If you need to create a world around you that is akin to "Dangerous liaisons" perhaps you need to examine yourself more closely and solve whats eating away at you. The misdeeds we commit throughout our lives only serve to eat away at our dignity, conscience and happiness. Bad deed begets bad deed begets bad deed. I do not pretend to be completely above these things, but I have met too many people who seemed to get trapped in these paths of folly. And so you have it. The middle-aged man has rambled and most likely proved he is correct in relating to you that he truly has no real understanding of the world around him.