While reading Anna Karenina I again came across some passages that I just couldn’t ignore.
“Levin remembered that when Nicholas was passing through his pious stage of fasting, visiting monks, & going to church; when he was seeking in religion for help to curb his passionate nature, not only did no one encourage him, but every one, & Levin among them, made fun of him. He was teased & called ‘Noah’ & ‘monk,’ & then when he broke loose no one helped him, but all turned away from him with horror & disgust.
Levin felt that his brother Nicholas, in his soul, despite the depravity of his life, was no worse than those who despised him. It was not his fault that he was born with his ungovernable temper, & with a cramped mind. He always wished to do right.”
Leo Tolstoy
Jeering at others seems to be some sort of a habit. However, those who make fun of others don’t seem to have a good look at themselves otherwise they would forget the very concept of laughing & finding faults in others. Being different is not a crime but it is surely taken as one. You don’t become different. You are born different. Can anything be done about it? But yes we can’t put sense in the heads of idiots.
People are always ahead when it comes to ridiculing someone but if a calamity hits that person…those very people will look at that person with horror. No one ever comes to help, cause no one is ever around for moral support either. Then people have this idea also that leading a different life means the person is also not happy. I think they need to read Somerset to find out the answer.
“I wish I could make you see how exciting the life of the spirit is & how rich in experience. It’s illimitable. It’s such a happy life. There’s one thing like it, when you’re up in a plane by yourself, high, high, & only infinity surrounds you. You’re intoxicated by the boundless space. You feel such sense of exhilaration that you wouldn’t exchange it for all the power & glory in the world.”
Somerset
So far as support is concerned, I’m sorry to say but even families also back off. Siblings can be great but siblings can also be the 1st ones to make fun of you…to criticize you for years, as if it’s some sort of religious activity. If you don’t get along with your siblings, the 3rd part also tries to take undue advantage of the situation. Some don’t allow it; some just ignore it; & some are not even aware that there is such a possibility too. It’s neither saddening nor incredibly amusing, but it happens.
The word mostly used for these people is ‘loser’ or ‘failure.’ Language was supposed to make life beautiful, not hideous. Words are being used with such profanity. And no one ever forgets emotional abuse.
And then I don’t understand how do people know that the set pattern/path they are following is the right one & they are sane. On top of it, they also have the right to be mean, cause others are just crazy with mad ideas & they ought to be ridiculed religiously.
