The question is as complicated as which really came first: the chicken, or the egg?
Endless debates can cloud your mind but if you would thoroughly mandate it, the speaker is ineffective without the listener. Likewise, the listener to the speaker. The important point for being the speaker is that he/ she is responsible for an effective communication and that the main objective is to regulate the conversation making sure that his/ her listeners are in tact that the messages the speaker is trying to convey is delivered well. The listener on the other hand, depending on his/ her attitude whether or not he/ she is willing to listen or not. You see, being a listener is a much harder job. There can be so many barriers relating to a good listener or a dull one.
Therefore, whether being the speaker or the listener, it all depends on being sensitive with what we say or do. We should be able to analyze what the other says before we react.
Huwebes, Hulyo 28, 2011
Huwebes, Hulyo 14, 2011
what does it contain?
When I was a kid it was my dream to marry a handsome and a perfect guy. So in order to attain it, I must be beautiful. Later then I realized that outer beauty was not so important to make someone good. It is not important how you look; what matter most is your inner beauty.
What we see outside will later on fade away. Our media today bombards us with lies regarding true beauty. Like a tyrant whose voice booms mightily behind a podium, the world likewise seems to dictate that we need to be like this and that to be considered beautiful. Our television sets graces women who are flawless, fair, and with slender bodies. These women were hailed by many as “beautiful”. Consequently, at a very tender age, images of these women were instilled into our young minds. They distorted the real meaning of beauty and gave us the wrong definition of it. This gave birth to feelings of inadequacy and mediocrity among young women today. It fosters an atmosphere of insecurity, making women strive harder to attain this world’s standard of ‘beauty.’ It made women clamor for something that is less important and neglect the need of nurturing a positive self-concept; the strengthening of values and ideals—things which are more important in life.
The beauty looked at with eyes doesn't last forever. Instead of concentrating on outer beauty, we should concentrate on inner beauty. Inner beauty is seen in a woman whose face is radiant because of genuine happiness. It can be observed in women whose eyes are sparkling because they were able to find something beautiful even behind the harrowing storms that overcame them. True beauty is exemplified in a woman’s contagious smile as she extends her hands to those who are in need. Authentic beauty stems from the heart; a heart full of joy, compassion, unselfish love, contentment, and peace.
If you want to know if you’re really beautiful, examine your heart. What does it contain?
What we see outside will later on fade away. Our media today bombards us with lies regarding true beauty. Like a tyrant whose voice booms mightily behind a podium, the world likewise seems to dictate that we need to be like this and that to be considered beautiful. Our television sets graces women who are flawless, fair, and with slender bodies. These women were hailed by many as “beautiful”. Consequently, at a very tender age, images of these women were instilled into our young minds. They distorted the real meaning of beauty and gave us the wrong definition of it. This gave birth to feelings of inadequacy and mediocrity among young women today. It fosters an atmosphere of insecurity, making women strive harder to attain this world’s standard of ‘beauty.’ It made women clamor for something that is less important and neglect the need of nurturing a positive self-concept; the strengthening of values and ideals—things which are more important in life.
The beauty looked at with eyes doesn't last forever. Instead of concentrating on outer beauty, we should concentrate on inner beauty. Inner beauty is seen in a woman whose face is radiant because of genuine happiness. It can be observed in women whose eyes are sparkling because they were able to find something beautiful even behind the harrowing storms that overcame them. True beauty is exemplified in a woman’s contagious smile as she extends her hands to those who are in need. Authentic beauty stems from the heart; a heart full of joy, compassion, unselfish love, contentment, and peace.
If you want to know if you’re really beautiful, examine your heart. What does it contain?
Beyond the surface (Susan Boyle)
What happened to Susan Boyle was a painful picture of how judgmental people can become. Human as we are, we can’t help but measure an individual’s worth by simply looking at his personal assets. It may sound sinister but it’s a truth that we can no longer pretend to ignore. We were born with a natural inclination to scrutinize, criticize, evaluate, assess, compare, and compete. These natural tendencies weren’t actually wrong in themselves per se. It’s a matter of how we use these things in our daily lives.
The oft-quoted saying “There’s more to a person than what meets the eye” is tagged as old-fashioned and even as an overused cliché. However, there’s a big chunk of truth in it. Too often we label people in just a fraction of a second basing from what we see. We survey people from head to toe and from what we see, we draw conclusions as to whether this person is worth our time and attention. The ugly thing about this is we misjudge people most of the time. We assume things. The dangerous part comes when we act in accordance to what we think. Once our thoughts are poisoned with presumptions that are far from the truth, it will begin to distort reality. It would then give birth to conflicts and chaos.
Do you know why Titanic sank as early as its maiden voyage? It’s because the captain underestimated the size of the iceberg. He saw the iceberg only as a small piece of ice floating harmlessly in the midst of the ocean. To him, its size is nothing compared to his huge ship that ‘even God cannot sink’. Superficial people think superficially. They fail to look beyond the surface and discover that there’s something more than what they see externally. When the collision happened, they were caught off-guard. Lives were lost. See how dangerous underestimation can be?
I hope people will learn from all of these. Behind these varied circumstances, there’s a small, obsolete, too-often-for-granted piece of lesson. Nobody has the right to judge others harshly and impulsively.
The oft-quoted saying “There’s more to a person than what meets the eye” is tagged as old-fashioned and even as an overused cliché. However, there’s a big chunk of truth in it. Too often we label people in just a fraction of a second basing from what we see. We survey people from head to toe and from what we see, we draw conclusions as to whether this person is worth our time and attention. The ugly thing about this is we misjudge people most of the time. We assume things. The dangerous part comes when we act in accordance to what we think. Once our thoughts are poisoned with presumptions that are far from the truth, it will begin to distort reality. It would then give birth to conflicts and chaos.
Do you know why Titanic sank as early as its maiden voyage? It’s because the captain underestimated the size of the iceberg. He saw the iceberg only as a small piece of ice floating harmlessly in the midst of the ocean. To him, its size is nothing compared to his huge ship that ‘even God cannot sink’. Superficial people think superficially. They fail to look beyond the surface and discover that there’s something more than what they see externally. When the collision happened, they were caught off-guard. Lives were lost. See how dangerous underestimation can be?
I hope people will learn from all of these. Behind these varied circumstances, there’s a small, obsolete, too-often-for-granted piece of lesson. Nobody has the right to judge others harshly and impulsively.
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