True that Tejas, unfortunately sometimes it feels that it is the crying baby which gets the most attention and people don’t seem to have the patience to listen to the quieter ones. So where does that leave us? Should the softer ones start making noise? Should they go out of their way in competing with the world which has its own set of rules?

Thank you Deependra. I honestly think that this is a very mature way of looking at things. The aspiration to please people brings us down and makes us do some completely unnecessary things. Superiority like you said is very easy to possess, sometimes it comes in various dimensions and for some others the other end of the spectrum is true. There is also the softer and sensitive side who are pained by others stamping their authority. The question that comes to my mind now is – whether this is all a power struggle?

I do agree Jyothi, even I have felt it a few times – just cos I am not loud enough people seem to think that it is ok to impose their views on me and don’t find the necessity to check with me first. They seem to assume that I would be ok with that. Strangely enough, I do find that the responsibility is mine, but maybe the whole change process is quite a complicated one. Maybe it is about that internal strength in choosing our battles. I still wonder what the broad answer is for this question.

Its quite the same with me too Maniparna and the sad part is when people do not extend the same courtesy to us. It feels as though we were wrong in choosing the people we tried to help. And then there is a conflict within which says – this is the kind of person I am, someone who is willing to help out. I guess the more sensitive you are, the more conflicts life throws at you.

I certainly agree Tejas, sometimes I feel if it makes sense to be louder and a little more insensitive so that people would listen to me. But then there is a conflict within which says constantly that – This is not who I am and I don’t want to stoop to something which I don’t believe in. It gets so difficult and annoying sometimes that I kinda feel helpless in my own web of thoughts.

-deependra.