Fake insanity, don’t be thrown off balance by those who have no merit
Pretend you’re insane, play dumb, but don’t lose your temper for someone who’s not worth it.
The days are stressful, difficult, and they fly by. Social networks have become a boxing ring where everyone feels free to attack, anyone can lose their cool in the comment box and fall into disputes. At the same time, tight work, pay and child rearing have become a daily struggle. In all that context, either we are selective about what we allow to affect us or we definitely go crazy.
Don’t lose your temper with those who don’t deserve it
It is a particularly difficult period when it is almost impossible not to come across an annoying person. We are exposed to “forced” socialization at work, in the family and on social networks. And it is wonderful to socialize with nice people, but lately it seems that the unpleasant ones are multiplying.
It is not known what they eat at home, but there are people who seem to have only one purpose: to make life impossible for others. In the face of these people who promote gossip, strife, envy and unpleasant comments, don’t lose your cool, don’t give them points.
Some people are unpleasant without even realizing it, others enjoy it deeply. Especially in front of these people, don’t lose your temper. They enjoy seeing someone else get angry at their comments. But you know what really bothers them? That you pretend nothing’s wrong, that you’re pretending to be insane.
We learn from the debate, not from the contest
It is good to debate because it is necessary to understand that not everyone thinks as we do. Debate teaches us to rethink our ideas, to oxygenate our opinions so as not to stop or to generate a fixation from which we cannot move. That way we learn that no one is the absolute owner of the truth and that we can receive new teachings in our lives.
Discussion requires two parties, each thinking differently and contrasting their ideas. If you start a “debate” in which you end up being obfuscated, feeling a deep hatred towards the other party, you are not debating, you are only entering into a contest.
And yes, there are people who love the contest, who encourage it and who want to drag you into it. But the wise thing is, to stay behind the line of debate. Fighting over opinions is perhaps one of the stupidest ways to waste time.
If a person thinks that such a system of government is good, he is pretending insanity; if someone criticizes you for being an atheist or a religious person, paint a poker face; if someone on social networks calls you ignorant without knowing you, it is his opinion, not a fact. Don’t get angry, don’t respond in the same way, because it’s a waste of time and a breeding ground for the toxic emotions that cloud judgment and ruin our day. Sometimes we are masochists, but remember that time is every person’s most valuable treasure, don’t waste it on arguments that lead nowhere.