Saturday, March 25, 2006 @6:39 AM
“I don’t want to be fat!” the pig screamed.
“I understand. I don’t want to be fat either. The more I weigh, the faster I’ll be sold and slaughtered for my meat.” the chicken agreed.
There’s a Chinese/Cantonese saying that goes like this, “Pigs are afraid of being fat whereas people are afraid of being famous.” Perhaps you’ve figured its meaning. It was implying trouble might be associated as a result of being famous. In other words, if you’re good in something, you are likely to be an easy target of jealousy by others.
Jealousy is one of the obvious poisons in humans. When we see someone is doing better than us, we could be unhappy and sometimes angry because someone has something we want. When we see someone is having something or someone we want, we could be eaten up with jealousy because we might be thinking this person might take something or someone that we love away from us. Sometimes some people could have petty jealousy about us for unimportant things.
So all in all, jealousy is around day in and out everywhere. We do not have the power in changing others’ thinking. Yet probably we could do something to make ourselves a less obvious target.
I’ve seen some people in real life who appear to be the target of jealous from many individuals. These people usually have this apparent high-profile gesture which, I think is likely to attract jealousy. They are attracting too much unnecessary attentions that might lead to more negative comments such as jealousy directed to them. On the other hand, if you’re doing well for something yet you try to be as low-profile as possible, no doubt you might still attract some jealousy here and there, the chances of you drown in the pool of jealousy is slimmer.
It is difficult to change others’ mind. Moreover we shouldn’t give a tinker’s damn about what others think. Yet, sometimes if possible, we should not create too much trouble to ourselves. A peaceful and quiet day is always better than a miserable war day. If being low-profile could make life easier, why wouldn’t we do so? I’m not saying being in high-profile is bad. If one is truly excellent and well-known for it, then naturally one deserves to stay high-profile if one chooses to be. The worst is some enjoys getting the attention albeit they aren’t that good in actuality. Have you heard of the term “empty can”? This term is referred to this category of people. If you insert a coin or two to this “empty” can, it’ll make a lot of sound if you shake it up and down. However a can that is filled up will not make any sound. Unless you enjoy the spotlights shining on you, if not I still prefer having some room doing my things without too many pairs of eyes starring at me. I really don’t want to be fat!
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