This is a somewhat exaggerated view-point, and just a compilation of thoughts I once had (written Feb. 7). I am re-posting it now (June 8), because I don't believe in surpression of the press.
Today I had some deep thoughts about a friend of mine. This friend has a problem, a problem not commonly seen as a problem, but over the past several months I have grown to know this friend, and even more so in recent weeks, and I have grown painfully aware of this problem of hers. She has a problem with sarcasm. Do not think I am criticizing anyone for being sarcastic, I am a strong advocate of sarcasm and its many uses in our life (I think that life has a way of being sarcastic itself), I have just seen that for this friend of mine sarcasm has become somewhat of a problem and hinderance in her life.
I watched her today struggle slightly in relating some of her feelings, her true thoughts and emotions that she was trying to express were still masked behind her consistent sarcastic stream. It was not only today that I began to see this problem. Recently in her life she has been experiencing some very important growing experiences, times requiring a serious face and a mature attitude, and while she has continued to laughingly postpone some of these there have been those where she has forcefully swallowed her habits and become a serious person for the moment. Today she again fightingly got through a serious situation and was reasonably serious, though her sarcastic slips are what opened my mind to her problem and the struggle she faces.
I applaud her for her effort, I hope that she will be able to have the experiences necessary to help her overcome this problem, not to rid herself entirely of sarcasm, but perhaps some slightly better control over it :-)
Today I had some deep thoughts about a friend of mine. This friend has a problem, a problem not commonly seen as a problem, but over the past several months I have grown to know this friend, and even more so in recent weeks, and I have grown painfully aware of this problem of hers. She has a problem with sarcasm. Do not think I am criticizing anyone for being sarcastic, I am a strong advocate of sarcasm and its many uses in our life (I think that life has a way of being sarcastic itself), I have just seen that for this friend of mine sarcasm has become somewhat of a problem and hinderance in her life.
I watched her today struggle slightly in relating some of her feelings, her true thoughts and emotions that she was trying to express were still masked behind her consistent sarcastic stream. It was not only today that I began to see this problem. Recently in her life she has been experiencing some very important growing experiences, times requiring a serious face and a mature attitude, and while she has continued to laughingly postpone some of these there have been those where she has forcefully swallowed her habits and become a serious person for the moment. Today she again fightingly got through a serious situation and was reasonably serious, though her sarcastic slips are what opened my mind to her problem and the struggle she faces.
I applaud her for her effort, I hope that she will be able to have the experiences necessary to help her overcome this problem, not to rid herself entirely of sarcasm, but perhaps some slightly better control over it :-)
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