My starting idea for this post shall be school. When I think of school, one particular awkward moment comes to mind. Imagine that you are sitting in a class in which you do not do well. The teacher asks a question, and miraculously, you actually know the answer. You raise your hand, waving your fingertips back and forth, fluttering them like a butterfly flutters its wings, desperate to get called on. However, someone else blurts out that answer before the teacher calls on you, and your glory stays invisible to the world. You sigh.
Has this ever happened? It certainly has for me, and I know that the reason people may feel jealous when this happens is because they desire personal glory. It's like being an absolute monarch. Charles XII of Sweden had the same mentality! However, whoever it was who blurted the answer would have been killed by an absolute monarch like Charles XII. It is sad to hear about such violence, but it is the harsh reality. When people desire personal glory, others end up dying. Isn't this just bad for that person's reputation, though? When people die to make you famous, are you proud of that? You should not be proud of fame-inducing bloodshed, but it used to be a symbol of power. So many other things have changed through time. For instance, wives used to change their surnames to match those of their husbands as a symbol of "giving herself" to the domination of her husband. Nowadays, this has already evolved to be merely a tradition. Female feminists who want in every way to be independent from men sometimes do not change their surnames after marriage, and this is totally acceptable. My mom did just that.
Do you know what else is acceptable? In Colorado, the recreational use of cannabis is allowed legally. Does that mean that everyone should use drugs? No. Of course not! Drug usage is one of the biggest unresolved problems of the world, and the only way to not contribute is to not use drugs. It's like a disease. Once you have the disease (i.e. use the drug for the first time), you will continue to have that disease, sometimes until you die. There is an overwhelming urge for first-time drug-users to use drugs again, and they simply cannot control their consumption! The only way to avoid this insanity is by avoiding drugs. Schools try to teach students this by having a "Red Ribbon Week". While Red Ribbon Week does raise some awareness about drug usage, it actually increases the chance of any random student to use illegal drugs. This is problematic, but there are few alternatives to Red Ribbon Week. After all, the school would like to say that they've at least done something about the issue. Sometimes, intervention simply isn't effective, but at least it's a genuine effort.
Speaking of efforts, I'd like to point out that we judge ourselves by our efforts and intentions and others by their impacts. If you were to kill your neighbor's pets on the streets and said that your intentions were good (i.e. you wanted to stop rabies), you would commend yourself and attack the position of anyone who says otherwise. (This is why people fight or argue.) However, if others were to do the same, you would not care if they had good intentions. Generally, you would only seem as if the results of the persons actions affected you at all. This phenomenon is called selfishness or egocentrism, and is contradictory to principles of fairness and the purpose of this blog.
The final thought is random. The next time you cook the insides of an egg, take your finger and scoop out some of the raw egg white. Put the substance over your nose and the intersections of your nose with your face. Let it dry, and when you pull it off, blackheads should come off with it. I have not tried this yet, but my mother is not skeptical of its effectiveness.
Eat nutritiously and sleep well!
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