I was startled when a friend of mine told me this:
"It's so sad thinking that religion makes us hate others..."
and as if nudged, I replied him:
"when it actually teaches to love others..."
I am not a prophet. My knowledge of religion is not thorough enough.
But the idea of condemning others twitch me.
This verse is always heard in my head:
"Do unto others just like how you want others to do unto you"
Maybe that's the reason most of the time I try my best to put myself into others' shoes before performing my logic.
But again,
easy said than done.
It's easy to preach, telling others what to do and not
But the ironic thing is: we doing exactly the same thing.
I have the tendency to judge others too. I condemn others although I barely know if the alibi is true.
and I am not proud of it.
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Hey stranger,
I barely know you.
I have never even met you.
How could you judge and condemn me
just because people tell you to do so?
Will you punish me for my ancestor's sorrow?
-Miss B-
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Discussing about what drives you to do something is an interesting thing. Yeah, folks, there’s something called “Motivation”, exist in this world.
My dictionary defines it as “the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way” (Dictionary, 2007)
There are two sources of motivation; intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic is when the force comes innately, within yourself. It can be driven from your own interest or desire of doing something.
The other one is extrinsic. Which is everything but intrinsic (if only you know what I mean). I suggest you to read “Psychology for Educators” by Vialle, Lysaght and Verekina. It’s such a wonderful book to read especially if you’re a teacher to be and you want to be inspired to be one.
One thing I realize about myself is I tend to be driven by motivation from the perspective of self -determination. I want to do something to the fullest because I want to prove to myself that I can do it. The need to feel capable or skilled in doing something is important to me because I don’t want to think myself as a loser. This whole thing about self-determination justifies my existence. Frankly speaking, I am a person with a low self-esteem and most of the time I expect things to be worst. I never proud of this yet I couldn’t help it.
I was once a very competitive person. I loved competition. I used to think “Lose or win, that’s the part of the game”, and I was always ready for a second chance. I didn’t know what happened to that attitude. Maybe I’d outgrown it and dropped it somewhere. I am just not the person I used to be.
I would love to talk more about this but I have assignments waiting to be done. Urrrgghh!
My point is, you’ve gotta know where your force comes from, because that will be the source of your strength.
My nerdy glasses... surrounded by other stuffs.Everything's in a mess!
uh, that's my comb. I use it to "untangle" my hair. I use it more frequently lately.....
Yours sincerely (who’s half awake and nut)
-Miss B-
ps: I can't believe I've just posted this.
