narcissistic pleasure

Monday, April 06, 2009

How to judge whether a person is truely nice or not is whether the person is still nice when he/she is under stress. After all this time, I've wisened up loads. I mean practically everyone can be nice; everyone IS nice when all is happy and well, but few rise up to the challenge when things become difficult. And a pretty face is just what it is - pretty. On the outside. Like a mask. Peel off that prettiness and if below it lies something hideous, then what is the point?

The point? Is that no matter how much we try to deny or convince ourselves that we're all so self-righteous and oh beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, people ARE superficial. Oh come off your moral high horses and admit it. The difference between you and the next person is the degree in which you hold this in regard.

So then what? A pretty ugly person, or an ugly pretty person? Do you even know the difference?

I do. I've seen loads of both.

You know the age old adage of when the going gets tough, the tough gets going?

They always say you never know what's tough till you've done this-this-this but honestly, where does it stop? How'd you know the this that you're referring to is actually tough?

一山还有一山高。。。一难还有一难难？

I boggle myself sometimes.

Labels: life, musings

she uttered nonsense at 11:14 PM