23 November, 2010

CRAB MENTALITY: Super

Some people are lucky. They have the heart that is full of grace, it does not have room for jealousy and pain. They are the ones who despite age has maintained the peace, quiet and contentment of what they have achieved for themselves. People with gracious hearts are luckier when their spirit is guided by the passion for finer beauty. Life may never be perfect, but people who are governed by sound intellectual goals think about better ways of living. They are those who try to give meaning to their existence by sincere effort to establish dignity in their work and relationships.

Success has different pathways to it. Some have easier access to it others may take a longer bit. Gracious people know their own time and enjoys every minute of it. A pure hearted individual is happy to find everyone grow and blossom even finds gratification helping others show the way.  They do not care about credits and where they go - all that matter is that things are done and everyone comes out fantastic with the whole work.

On one side of human survival are people who are simply open and honest about themselves. They come out straight and sincere and welcomes truth without any tinge of malice. For that they may come out strong and stirring but they accept mistakes and apologize for honest errors. They understand their imperfections and humble enough to be sorry for any discomfort they may cause others.

On the other side of the coin are people that dampens the spirit even the gracious ones. They are those who find it hard to appreciate the goodwill and blessings that come into their lives.  Persons who despite title, rank and position find themselves alone and helpless that they reflect to others their own fears. They are those that appear innocent and harmless when deep in their system runs the venom of destruction. Sad to say, people of this kind has the gift of tongue to come out convincing and credible. More they are those that sparkle with talent to sound sweet and loving. In the negative term they are complete traitors.

In a world where it is hard to tell which one is real - life needs to be subtle and even untrusting. It is nice to have friends and perhaps I am lucky to have some that stayed for years. Friends that have the time to hang on even at times when I was down. I had heaps of CRABS as well. I searched the web for the meaning and tried to understand how they work.

According to Jon E. Royeca: " Universal attitude. Crab mentality is a human habit similar to what crabs do when put in a basket. If the basket is left with no heavy cover, the crabs inside it will all have gotten out fast in less than an hour. If the basket is weak, they go to one side and cause it to fall toward it, thus freeing them all. If the basket is designed against their escape, they cannot all go out.


They all try to get out of where they are, and in that process pull each other down, whether they succeed in getting out or not. For them, pulling down or stepping on others is a fact of their existence. It is natural for them in the quest for success or when confronting failure.

Crab mentality is also part of humanity. It simply is envy. (Crabs do not envy one another; they just want to be free.)

Humans envy and try to outdo each other because of selfishness and greed, but not all the time. When one envies somebody, one of his natural reactions is to knock him down, but this does not always happen. Each one of us may envy, yet we do not always pull others down. We usually just keep to ourselves those envious feelings and then let them go away".

As for myself Im so tiny for people to see but poor CRAB you cannot let a pass off me. I will never attempt to harm you and will keep my dignified ground of personal security. You can have your time for surely everything you are will flash back on yourself. Your meat is delicious I can eat you but no thank you - I should not eat rotten souls.