I Am Fascinated By Human Behavior
[big]Crabs in a Bucket[/big]
I was once shared a lovely piece of wisdom. The speaker (damned if I can remember his name--- but I most certainly won't forget what he said) brought up an interesting little factoid, one that I know from experience to be true.
He said, when you go crab fishing, you don't need any sort of special container to hold the crabs in, just a regular old pail will do. The reason...? Because crabs will always grab crabs climbing up the side of the pail and pull them back into the pail, trying to climb out themselves. What ends up happening is that none of the crabs ever reach the top.
Then the speaker went on to point out that HUMANS are just like crabs. Any time someone is actually doing something, achieving something, the other humans around them will do whatever they can to put that person down, and pull them back from success and happiness. In fact, a lot of people are only happy if you are more miserable than they are... and thus, they seem like it is their calling in life to make everyone else miserable.
So, my friends... next time someone tries to pop your balloon, rain on your parade, stab you in the back, hurt your feelings...? Just remember one thing, and once you remind yourself, they lose all their power on you. All that person is--- is just another senseless crab trapped in a bucket that they can't figure out how to get out of.
I was once shared a lovely piece of wisdom. The speaker (damned if I can remember his name--- but I most certainly won't forget what he said) brought up an interesting little factoid, one that I know from experience to be true.
He said, when you go crab fishing, you don't need any sort of special container to hold the crabs in, just a regular old pail will do. The reason...? Because crabs will always grab crabs climbing up the side of the pail and pull them back into the pail, trying to climb out themselves. What ends up happening is that none of the crabs ever reach the top.
Then the speaker went on to point out that HUMANS are just like crabs. Any time someone is actually doing something, achieving something, the other humans around them will do whatever they can to put that person down, and pull them back from success and happiness. In fact, a lot of people are only happy if you are more miserable than they are... and thus, they seem like it is their calling in life to make everyone else miserable.
So, my friends... next time someone tries to pop your balloon, rain on your parade, stab you in the back, hurt your feelings...? Just remember one thing, and once you remind yourself, they lose all their power on you. All that person is--- is just another senseless crab trapped in a bucket that they can't figure out how to get out of.
56-60, M
