There is something I call terminal meanness. It is that deep inborn part of someone that blinds them to what they are doing.
I honestly don't know whether it is learned, or simply a part of the genetic make up.
I do know it causes more misery in this world than is necessary.
It skews judgment beyond rationality.
Sometimes I think it is selfishness wearing armor. Other times I think it is insecurity in wolf's clothing. I know it is Fear no matter what else it might be.
I call it meanness because the actions that come out of it hurt people deeply, even if they are not meant to.
I call it terminal because, like anything that is persistent, it continually erodes everything around it. From the inside out it destroys.
More vicious than any virus, I don't think anyone has really found a cure for it. You can't pop a pill to get rid of it and you can't fix something you don't believe is there.
I honestly don't know whether it is learned, or simply a part of the genetic make up.
I do know it causes more misery in this world than is necessary.
It skews judgment beyond rationality.
Sometimes I think it is selfishness wearing armor. Other times I think it is insecurity in wolf's clothing. I know it is Fear no matter what else it might be.
I call it meanness because the actions that come out of it hurt people deeply, even if they are not meant to.
I call it terminal because, like anything that is persistent, it continually erodes everything around it. From the inside out it destroys.
More vicious than any virus, I don't think anyone has really found a cure for it. You can't pop a pill to get rid of it and you can't fix something you don't believe is there.
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