Rocky's Bru has some interesting blog entries worth reading, and in one of his entries I extracted the above excellent quote. True that, humans like to point finger at others for mistakes or miscalculated actions they committed. They pointed one finger to others, without realizing that the home they live in are made of glass enough for people to see other fingers pointed back at them. In science, we term it reflection. Biasan kaca terpantul memandang.
Humans are forgetful lot. We often live in the past, reminiscing the memories of good old days that we conveniently forget that the world does not revolve around us every moment that it circles the sun. To justify our existence so as not to be seen as insignificant, we spent long and arduous hard time listing out the past achievements, hoping that whoever who hear it will be enchanted and be convinced of our worth and capability, and make us important. We get defensive easily when the glass world we live in, are shaken by external foreign sources who are able to challenge the core of our beliefs, making us afraid that everything we build our world upon will come crumbling and fail us in the quest of fulfilling our ulterior motive.
When we live in a glass house, it is easy to be self-absorbed into thinking that we are the best, associated with many grand societies and associations, and the list goes on and on. We find ourselves often at the defensive side when we are in the company of others, thinking that others are out to get us, watching our every step, purposely finding our faults, and talking about us to others. But who are we to judge that others are doing that, if if its not ourselves in the fist place who had resorted to such heinous act in our desperate attempt to be accepted and important. Many of us longed to be and feel important, that our minds and memories are usually distorted and often slurring immediate no-brainy response when we are asked simple things about why did the things we did, the way we did them. Baling batu, sembunyi tangan.
People who live in glass house never own up to their mistakes, they are sufficiently incapable of doing anything wrong, so they thought and told themselves. But a glass house is made of glass, it is fragile, lucid and crystal clear. You can run and try to hide, but a glass house hides nothing for others to see. Don't throw stones at others cause you think its always others' fault and never yours, cause the ones broken at the end of day is none other than the glass house. The very essence of our being.
My mentor says that some people suffer from superiority complex. Underneath, they are the most delicate, sensitive and fragile existence. Living in a glass house that they built to contain the uninviting forces to them is indeed a hard work. We often want to be different, but what's the worth of being different, if its at the expense of others? We jolted immediately if others do that us, but we conveniently forget when the table is turned. Perhaps people who live in glass houses are never at peace with themselves. Maybe its worth thinking rationally and not emotionally, that since the house is made of glass, don't throw stones at others because it will only break your house.
Don't live in a glass house. If we choose to, don't throw stones at others every time something is wrong in our life. None of us is any holier than anyone because heaven and hell are Allah's to give. Throw stones today, we'll see how many stones will be returned back if not herein, hereafter. Sometimes, we become unnecessarily competitive that we resort to doing things without thinking through it.
I think Rocky's Bru is not a man who lives in a glass house. He owns up to mistakes, and take responsibility of actions that landed him in trouble. I have seen many others who don't take pride in admitting their guilt. Instead, they will probably lash out on social media attempting to make themselves feel good.
But as my superior often reminded me, a clear conscience will lead to many happy outcome and things will fall into places nicely. We don't have to try too hard to earn our stripes if they are truly ours, don't we?
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