Heinlein said in one of his books that when confronted with a snake, a child bitches and screams and moans and cries and makes drama over it, while an adult very simply and as efficiently as possible does what they can to deal and dispose of it. Does this sometimes include drama? Well, yeah, we're all human. But the end point and the end result is simply to remove the obstacle of the snake and move on, and even the drama should be pointed towards two realizations, 1) the removal of said snake as expediently as possible; 2) the realization that the snake has no bearing upon anything but itself.
Upon being confronted with said snake, should you deviate from your entire pathway and choose another route because he's in your way? Should you condemn the entire area you're in, the crystaline sky, the warm running waters, the green of the trees, the beuaty of the flowers, simply because a snake popped up and inconvenienced your day? If a companion caught it and brought it to you, should you hold it against them for the rest of their lives because they didnt realize you had a fear of snakes? Should you blame and hold the snake against them for past trangressions others have performed on you that they werent even there for? If dealing with the snake suddenly makes you realize you like one companion in a romantic way that you dont like the other one, should you shut that other one out or trust them less? Should you look down on the companion that tries to deal with the snake--either well or badly, maybe they never saw a snake like that before and are confused as you on how to deal--because they're doing it in prottection of you? Or that they're doing it at all, look down on them and think of them as somehow lesser because they are acting like some sort of servent, waiting on you and thinking of your needs first? Should you condemn one or all your companions and leave them flat, somehow blaming them for a circumstance that is beyond their control, no matter that they might have been a part of it?
Its ludicrous, right?
So if, on a daily outing, when an issue like a snake--even a big one, even one thats poisonous like a cobra, or a big one like a python, one that might hurt or scare people--crops up, if people would be haorrified if a companion took any of these actuions to deal with that situation, why is everybody so accepting and okay when people treat people like this over problems that arent tangible?
When the snake is gone, the blue sky and clear waters and bejewelled flowers that were there before are still there now, they havent gone. Its your choice whether too continue to enjoy them, or to shun them and run away, just on the off chance there might be another snake.
But if you do, how do you ever get skilled enough to see those snakes, head them off at the pass, handle them quickly and efficiently and move on? How do you learn to focus on happy things, knowing that no field is fallow of life and that there will never be a time or a place you wont encounter snakes, and then reach past that and enjoy the snot out of yourself anyway? Keep the treasures that you find instead of fleebing and dropping them all every time a snake, big or small, rears its ugly head, refusing even afterwords to go back for them?
Hells, how do you learn anything but to hide and to run? To live without?
Upon being confronted with said snake, should you deviate from your entire pathway and choose another route because he's in your way? Should you condemn the entire area you're in, the crystaline sky, the warm running waters, the green of the trees, the beuaty of the flowers, simply because a snake popped up and inconvenienced your day? If a companion caught it and brought it to you, should you hold it against them for the rest of their lives because they didnt realize you had a fear of snakes? Should you blame and hold the snake against them for past trangressions others have performed on you that they werent even there for? If dealing with the snake suddenly makes you realize you like one companion in a romantic way that you dont like the other one, should you shut that other one out or trust them less? Should you look down on the companion that tries to deal with the snake--either well or badly, maybe they never saw a snake like that before and are confused as you on how to deal--because they're doing it in prottection of you? Or that they're doing it at all, look down on them and think of them as somehow lesser because they are acting like some sort of servent, waiting on you and thinking of your needs first? Should you condemn one or all your companions and leave them flat, somehow blaming them for a circumstance that is beyond their control, no matter that they might have been a part of it?
Its ludicrous, right?
So if, on a daily outing, when an issue like a snake--even a big one, even one thats poisonous like a cobra, or a big one like a python, one that might hurt or scare people--crops up, if people would be haorrified if a companion took any of these actuions to deal with that situation, why is everybody so accepting and okay when people treat people like this over problems that arent tangible?
When the snake is gone, the blue sky and clear waters and bejewelled flowers that were there before are still there now, they havent gone. Its your choice whether too continue to enjoy them, or to shun them and run away, just on the off chance there might be another snake.
But if you do, how do you ever get skilled enough to see those snakes, head them off at the pass, handle them quickly and efficiently and move on? How do you learn to focus on happy things, knowing that no field is fallow of life and that there will never be a time or a place you wont encounter snakes, and then reach past that and enjoy the snot out of yourself anyway? Keep the treasures that you find instead of fleebing and dropping them all every time a snake, big or small, rears its ugly head, refusing even afterwords to go back for them?
Hells, how do you learn anything but to hide and to run? To live without?