The heartless brute
I've found that, to survive, most people need just one person's companionship. Life is especially easy when the person in question happens to be oneself. I love my life. I love my own existence more than anyting else on earth. But that really isnt saying much because I have a cavelier attitude to life; especially my own. Can I really care about anyone else or anything else? I treat the average person on the road with much more friendliness than you ever have. Frankly I care a lot about all people. But none too much.
There are three maxims that form the theme of existence.
1. I have principles I live by. I don't have principles I'll die for.
2. What people see in me is what they portray of themselves to me, magnified. You love me: your return will be unwavering, unfaltering, undivided passion and love for you and you alone. I will scheme and plot your destruction if you as much as TRY (or even THINK of trying) to screw with me.
3. I travel light on physical possessions. I travel heavy on memories.
These are as good or as bad a set of maxims as any other. And they are definitely better than living with no principles.
I am 'The Heartless Brute', am I?
Look inside yourself, sweetie. The heartlessness is all yours, returned with thanks!
There are three maxims that form the theme of existence.
1. I have principles I live by. I don't have principles I'll die for.
2. What people see in me is what they portray of themselves to me, magnified. You love me: your return will be unwavering, unfaltering, undivided passion and love for you and you alone. I will scheme and plot your destruction if you as much as TRY (or even THINK of trying) to screw with me.
3. I travel light on physical possessions. I travel heavy on memories.
These are as good or as bad a set of maxims as any other. And they are definitely better than living with no principles.
I am 'The Heartless Brute', am I?
Look inside yourself, sweetie. The heartlessness is all yours, returned with thanks!
posted by Sriharsha Salagrama at
6:40 pm
4 Comments:
It's one thing to reciprocate automatically.. And quite another to be aware of what you give in return! Stunning post! :)
Cheers,
The Phoenix
Mirror reactions are common throughout the animal world; as remnants of a basic survival instinct when faced with another entity with strengths and weaknesses similar to one's own. So I wouldn't be dismissive about automatic reciprocation (not that I'm implying you did).
Incidentally, I didnt really have much of a choice. Years of soft living had screwed my instincts so badly that they were just incapable of keeping me alive in the real world. I had to re-train my instincts from first principles. :) Not a very fun task.
Cheers!
Sriharsha
I loved this post of yours! :) Read it ages ago.. I think you had not blogged in a while after this post.. :)
And something happened recently that reminded me of this post.. Alas, I don't remember the incident, I only remember that I remembered the post! :D
Will be sure to let you know when I recall what it was! :)
I think you can make out the fire-breathing dragon lurking behind the post. :D I had just told a woman I was not going to help her if the only outcome of the help was that I would be dragged into the a disgusting family fight. She called a heartless brute. I just put my reactions down on the blog because I sure didn't want to tell her to her face. I remembered what they say abt hell and the "woman scorned"! :D
You are right. I did vanish for a while. I just got caught up in the act of taking myself too seriously. Suffice to say THAT won't happen again.
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