It's weird how society classifies people who feel strongly as weak, such that the stereotype of guys was that they had to be silent, unyielding and un-emotional, which makes up the misconception of strength. People who cry easily are weak; people who get angry easily are petty; people who are passionate are feminine.
Of course nowadays the term "sensitive new age guy" has been coined but seriously, it's merely society's euphemistic term for that lingering sensation of contempt at the back of the majority's mind, isn't it?
Everyone has an idea what sort of trouble emotions can lead to, but why are we blinded to the raw power of emotions? Let's start with passion, for passion is the epitome of emotions.
Passion. Passion paves the way to greatness. It is the driving force behind that inhuman determination that we envy in our leaders. Passion is the pouring of the emotion and the soul into a drive to succeed, and succeed we will if we can stoke the candle-flames of passion into a raging inferno. I just wish keeping the flames alive were as easy as writing this paragraph...
Sadness. Sadness is beauty's tone. It is the emotion that reaches out most to the deep recesses of our hearts and stirs the strings of our souls, leaving behind a reasonating ripple of memory and experience. It is the reason why tragedies are infintely more powerful than comedies; and the word 'catharsis' has no corresponding antonym.
Anger. Anger is the trigger to the outburst of truth. Anger is the key that unlocks the frustrations and deep seated resentment that has been bottled up for so long. Anger is the one that charges through the barriers of courtesy and respect, and hurls the brutal, yet healing truth into open light.
Pride. Pride is character's shield. Pride deflects the insults, the criticisms and the malicious words of spite and hate. Pride is the side of the character die that we show in revealing our talent and brilliance, focusing the spotlight on our strengths and throwing our weaknesses into hidden shadows.
Contempt. Contempt is the weapon we wield that is forged of emotions. It is the refined and deadly blade that is coated with the poison of sarcasm and the venom of malice, that will pierce all the way through self-blindness and plant the seed of change right there in the wake of its deep wound. Oh yes, contempt is powerful indeed; not very amazingly, people have responded much better to insults and criticisms sometimes than we have to praise and admiration.
See? Emotions are a tool of life. Rule them, and we master a formidable arsenal that can handle any situation. Let them rule us, and we become snivelling snots that are baser than animals, who at least have no idea of mindless malice. To hone our emotions into puppets pulled by strings of rationality; that is the ultimate peak of character.
"Dangerous is the man who rationalizes his emotions". Indeed.
mm if i told my bro this, he'd probably say that life is not about surviving or getting through winning it all. then again, who's to say if it is or is not? but na that's another topic altogether.
Name: Foo Guo Zhong Melvyn
Age: 19+
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Bday: 14th Nov
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It's weird how society classifies people who feel strongly as weak, such that the stereotype of guys was that they had to be silent, unyielding and un-emotional, which makes up the misconception of strength. People who cry easily are weak; people who get angry easily are petty; people who are passionate are feminine.
Of course nowadays the term "sensitive new age guy" has been coined but seriously, it's merely society's euphemistic term for that lingering sensation of contempt at the back of the majority's mind, isn't it?
Everyone has an idea what sort of trouble emotions can lead to, but why are we blinded to the raw power of emotions? Let's start with passion, for passion is the epitome of emotions.
Passion. Passion paves the way to greatness. It is the driving force behind that inhuman determination that we envy in our leaders. Passion is the pouring of the emotion and the soul into a drive to succeed, and succeed we will if we can stoke the candle-flames of passion into a raging inferno. I just wish keeping the flames alive were as easy as writing this paragraph...
Sadness. Sadness is beauty's tone. It is the emotion that reaches out most to the deep recesses of our hearts and stirs the strings of our souls, leaving behind a reasonating ripple of memory and experience. It is the reason why tragedies are infintely more powerful than comedies; and the word 'catharsis' has no corresponding antonym.
Anger. Anger is the trigger to the outburst of truth. Anger is the key that unlocks the frustrations and deep seated resentment that has been bottled up for so long. Anger is the one that charges through the barriers of courtesy and respect, and hurls the brutal, yet healing truth into open light.
Pride. Pride is character's shield. Pride deflects the insults, the criticisms and the malicious words of spite and hate. Pride is the side of the character die that we show in revealing our talent and brilliance, focusing the spotlight on our strengths and throwing our weaknesses into hidden shadows.
Contempt. Contempt is the weapon we wield that is forged of emotions. It is the refined and deadly blade that is coated with the poison of sarcasm and the venom of malice, that will pierce all the way through self-blindness and plant the seed of change right there in the wake of its deep wound. Oh yes, contempt is powerful indeed; not very amazingly, people have responded much better to insults and criticisms sometimes than we have to praise and admiration.
See? Emotions are a tool of life. Rule them, and we master a formidable arsenal that can handle any situation. Let them rule us, and we become snivelling snots that are baser than animals, who at least have no idea of mindless malice. To hone our emotions into puppets pulled by strings of rationality; that is the ultimate peak of character.
"Dangerous is the man who rationalizes his emotions". Indeed.
mm if i told my bro this, he'd probably say that life is not about surviving or getting through winning it all. then again, who's to say if it is or is not? but na that's another topic altogether.