Validation of Niceness
Of late, I have been criticizing people more than I ever have throughout my life. I don’t know the exact reason, though. Maybe I want to change myself to become a person who speaks his mind out rather than the one ignoring the truth and trying to be polite and nice. Previously, I thought that being nice gave me an advantage over other people just because there are only a few nice ones but I have come to realize that that’s not the case. I mean only a few people are nice but being nice doesn’t necessarily give you a moral victory. In fact, the more you try to be nice, the more you are trying to seek validation of your niceness and ultimately hiding your own self from other people. What happens is that people try to take advantage of your niceness by neglecting your opinions and thoughts. Sometimes in life (or rather many a times), you have to be absolutely selfish in order to achieve what you want. If you have high dreams and aspirations, you got to have the attitude and ruth