The Inner Beauty
Know what my definition of a good book/movie is? It's not who acted on it (okay, maybe i did sit through LOTR just for Orlando's sake, but that's not just it, I swear! *grin*), not who wrote it, not the budget of making the movie or etc etc. A good movie/book is simply those that makes me laugh a lot, or the ones that make me cry my eyes out, or make me scream my heart out, and basically those that make me stay glued to the chair (and lol, being the couch potato I am, that's not really a tough mission!).
Well, a friend of mine recently passed me the "A walk to remember" book written by Nicholas Sparks she promised to borrow me centuries ago! (Yeah, finally huh, Stephie??) And that book is good, made my cry and laugh a lot too. I finished the book in less than a day (yes yes, I know I should be studying...But it's all Stephie and Nicholas Sparks' fault! *grin*)
The part where Jamie keep mentioning bout the "Lord's plan" is kinda funny too. I mean, she might be true, but she mentioned it too many times! ;) However there is this certain part that got me thinking a little:
Jamie: People think I'm strange, don't they?
Landon: ...Yes
Jamie: Why?
Landon: ...People have different reasons...
Jamie: But why, exactly? Is it because of my father? Or is it because I try to be nice to people?
I would have thought Jamie is strange if I know her personally, to be honest. This got me thinking, why is it that people always tend to be so judgmental? Seriously, I try to be nice to "weird ppl" at my school, or wherever. But then again, I do think of them as weird and I wouldn't go beyond normal friendship with them! Sorta like, wouldn't wanna be caught dead hanging out with them! And perhaps, maybe the reason I try to be nice to them is because I feel sorry for them..
Some ppl might even secretly regard me as a weirdo and I wouldn't like that. So, why is it that we tend to look at others that way when we know that we wouldn't like ppl looking at us in the same manner? As for Jamie's case, it is sorta true that people think she's strange because she's nice! Isn't it unfair, to be nice to others and end up having people regard you as "strange"?
Okay, maybe people think that Jamie's weird because she keeps wearing that old fashioned brown cardigan. So, the question is, why do people judge her because of her clothing without bothering to even get to know her first? Besides, everyone's taste is different, maybe she does think that the brown cardigan is stylish. You wouldn't know. So why can't people respect others despite all those different ways of thinking, preferences and attitude?
Everyone really tends to judge a book by its cover, no matter how they deny it. Even me, though I constantly remind myself not to do that to others because I believe in treating others the way you want to be treated. Having said that, I do sometimes keep my distance from a few who are "not cool enough" or "who are not pretty enough", people who don't think MTV is cool, people who don't think style is important, whatever. Basically, people who seem geeky or nerdy to me!
That's just my perception of them, the first impression they give me and there I go, shutting myself away from them and not bothering to see beyond those "covers of the book".
But the thing is, I really do believe that everyone has something special and unique in them, we'll just have to look beyond the differences and outlook and really see within
So, now I vow that I would really try to stop all this judgmental feeling in me and try to accept others the way they are, just the way I want people to accept me. I'll be extra nice to "weirdos", not because I feel sorry for them but because I believe that everyone is beautiful regardless of appearances and outlook. Chessy, but true.
Of course we can always stop being nice if we realise that they're not exactly "beautiful" and if having remove all those covers, we realise that the insides are just as rotten. Like what I recently found out within a few "friends" of mine. But see, my point is, we can always call a person weird and stay away from them after getting to know their true colours. So why not try to know them first before making judgement??
Some people may be beautiful outside but completely ugly inside and vice versa. So don't you think it's time everyone stop being judgmental, stop stereotyping and learn to see the colours within?
Well, a friend of mine recently passed me the "A walk to remember" book written by Nicholas Sparks she promised to borrow me centuries ago! (Yeah, finally huh, Stephie??) And that book is good, made my cry and laugh a lot too. I finished the book in less than a day (yes yes, I know I should be studying...But it's all Stephie and Nicholas Sparks' fault! *grin*)
The part where Jamie keep mentioning bout the "Lord's plan" is kinda funny too. I mean, she might be true, but she mentioned it too many times! ;) However there is this certain part that got me thinking a little:
Jamie: People think I'm strange, don't they?
Landon: ...Yes
Jamie: Why?
Landon: ...People have different reasons...
Jamie: But why, exactly? Is it because of my father? Or is it because I try to be nice to people?
I would have thought Jamie is strange if I know her personally, to be honest. This got me thinking, why is it that people always tend to be so judgmental? Seriously, I try to be nice to "weird ppl" at my school, or wherever. But then again, I do think of them as weird and I wouldn't go beyond normal friendship with them! Sorta like, wouldn't wanna be caught dead hanging out with them! And perhaps, maybe the reason I try to be nice to them is because I feel sorry for them..
Some ppl might even secretly regard me as a weirdo and I wouldn't like that. So, why is it that we tend to look at others that way when we know that we wouldn't like ppl looking at us in the same manner? As for Jamie's case, it is sorta true that people think she's strange because she's nice! Isn't it unfair, to be nice to others and end up having people regard you as "strange"?
Okay, maybe people think that Jamie's weird because she keeps wearing that old fashioned brown cardigan. So, the question is, why do people judge her because of her clothing without bothering to even get to know her first? Besides, everyone's taste is different, maybe she does think that the brown cardigan is stylish. You wouldn't know. So why can't people respect others despite all those different ways of thinking, preferences and attitude?
Everyone really tends to judge a book by its cover, no matter how they deny it. Even me, though I constantly remind myself not to do that to others because I believe in treating others the way you want to be treated. Having said that, I do sometimes keep my distance from a few who are "not cool enough" or "who are not pretty enough", people who don't think MTV is cool, people who don't think style is important, whatever. Basically, people who seem geeky or nerdy to me!
That's just my perception of them, the first impression they give me and there I go, shutting myself away from them and not bothering to see beyond those "covers of the book".
But the thing is, I really do believe that everyone has something special and unique in them, we'll just have to look beyond the differences and outlook and really see within
So, now I vow that I would really try to stop all this judgmental feeling in me and try to accept others the way they are, just the way I want people to accept me. I'll be extra nice to "weirdos", not because I feel sorry for them but because I believe that everyone is beautiful regardless of appearances and outlook. Chessy, but true.
Of course we can always stop being nice if we realise that they're not exactly "beautiful" and if having remove all those covers, we realise that the insides are just as rotten. Like what I recently found out within a few "friends" of mine. But see, my point is, we can always call a person weird and stay away from them after getting to know their true colours. So why not try to know them first before making judgement??
Some people may be beautiful outside but completely ugly inside and vice versa. So don't you think it's time everyone stop being judgmental, stop stereotyping and learn to see the colours within?