Ms. It

Yasmin always talked about how awful she felt growing up as she was the girl who was never invited to parties or to the mall or to even sit with others at lunch.  As Yasmin aged, her popularity grew.  I remember sitting with her as she proudly proclaimed her status of now being "the it girl", the one everyone wanted to be with.

Yasmin was thrilled with her new popularity and loved having people wanting to be with her but Yasmin forgot what it was like to be left sitting on the side lines, of being left out and soon began doing to others the exact thing that hurt her the most.

If I live to be 150 I will never understand people like Yasmin and how she can happily hurt others.  I too was the one always left out.  And, while I no longer want anything to do with the "Its" of this world I will never forget the hurt and will never do to others what was so painful when done to me.  One day things might change and Yasmin will lose her "It" status.  I don't wish her harm but I would be lying if I said I did not want to be around to see It.

Unnecessary Cruelty



Sometimes we all have to do something we don't want to do.  Sometimes these things even hurt others but the action can't be helped.  Why is it necessary to add extra cruelty to the action?  What is to be gained by deliberately hurting another human being?  Does inflicting pain make the person feel better about themselves?  Or, is the pain being caused because the person inflicting it has the power to do so?  How will this person react when a ruthless action is directed at him/her, a husband/wife, a son/daughter?