Intricacies of being a human being

Has this ever happened to you, or is it another of those oddities that are unique to me? When you are in the act, it seems like the most sensible thing to do. You can counter any argument from any quarter of the earth and prove that no one and nothing can refute your logic. The moment passes and senses alight lightly on your shoulder. With the moment that has passed, passes away the lofty logic. You realize what you’ve done in the heat of the moment. You feel like beating yourself up for what was full of sense till some time back. And then it falls on you like a tone of bricks. Ironically the whole world watches your mindless antics. Not even a tenth sees your remorse. No entertainment value there, hence no TRP’s ofcourse. But what hits you more than anything else is that the moment has passed and the damage has been done. If damage control is possible, you’re in for a tremendous amount of luck. If not, God save you. But even if you fall in the latter category, much as you wish, the world does not end, and to be honest, the world does not even care. What is so huge to you means nothing to others. Not that you really care what the world thinks anyway. But what hurts is that you’ve fallen in your own eyes. More than anyone else, you’ve let yourself down. No matter how huge the calamity, life goes on, and the world at large behaves like nothing happened, or like they didn’t see. It might seem a mammoth task to pick up the pieces and get up, but that happens. Sometimes gradually with a lot of effort, and sometimes in a jiffy. So coming back to the gaffe ceremoniously performed by you. What do you do next? You’d probably find yourself either curled up or lying flat on your face in some nondescript corner of the world you call home. Would that remotely help? Most likely not. What next? My logic is, every one goofs up every once in a while. At times we don’t even learn from our past mistakes. If the current goof up is bigger than the prior one’s, chances are the lessons you’ve learnt are also bigger than the previous ones. And if that be the case, we know precisely what not to do in the future. Another tiny something that hit me was that a chunk of the problems can be solved and major faux pases averted if we have a little more understanding and patience. This is a remedy that can come in handy if we are to zoom out a bit and look at world peace. Hope, a little sugar, understanding and dollops of patience. (Ouch! I am so good!)