There’s one thing I’ve kinda noticed about people and it can be quite annoying. We all seem to have this anger buried deep within us, and we just transfer it to an easy target, even though that should not be the case. We leave who we should be mad at and then focus all the hate and negative energy on people who don’t deserve it.
Maybe this is an unconscious effort because we can’t actually go after who we’re really mad at, we know we would never be able to touch them and whatever we end up doing may go unnoticed or even put us in trouble. So, we do the one we can. Unleash it on those around us.
What the hell am I even talking about?!
The other evening, I was strolling in my area to get some things when a nice car drove past. With the windows rolled down, it was easy to see that it was a young guy behind the wheel. As he kept driving on, there was a guy at the edge of the road that was in the path of the car. Even though the driver honked several times, the guy kept walking nonchalantly, until the driver was forced to swerve out of the way to avoid hitting him.
Later on, as I walked past the guy, I could hear him muttering something like, “he should have hit me first na, then I will make him regret ever buying a car.” I didn’t engage the guy in any conversation and just continued on my journey because I knew from experience that people like him were just perpetually angry and if you fell into their traps, they could easily turn you into one of them.
This is not the first time I’ve noticed people being angry at others for no reason at all. And usually, the target for this is usually young boys who are doing well. If a young guy is driving a car, it would seem as if the entire world is waiting for him to make a mistake, and the minute that happens, they pounce on him. It’s appalling.
Many times, young people complain of getting harassed by the police. But many times, the issue is never the police. The people around them can also be an issue. It’s just as if being young and rich is now a crime. People don’t even want to know what you do for a living, they only care that you have more money than they do, and in their books, it’s an offense punishable by law.
I know that much of this anger is well-grounded, especially for those who have been victims of fraud in the past. But you can’t tell a fraudster just by merely looking at them. Unless you know for sure, never judge people and punish them for a crime you assume they committed.
There are many people who deserve all this anger, the police, the government, our corrupt leaders… not your neighbors who just happen to own a car. You don’t know if it was gifted to him by his uncle abroad, or maybe it was a part of the perks of working in his company. You simply hate them because they have more than you!
We can do better, as a people. All this negative energy is not needed. If we keep hating on people who have more than us, how can we aspire to have more than we currently do? That’s not how this works. If you wanna be blessed, you have to be happy for those who have been blessed as well. And unless you’ve proved beyond all reasonable doubt that they’re criminals, then there’s no need to punish them for anything.
Even then, they still belong to the law to be punished accordingly.
I think we try to show our anger who stay nearby us. We just find a mistakes or their activities which we don't like is enough to remove all the frustration. Besides we can't say against police, leader and government because we need to face the consequences if we do. So the safe way to express frustration is those people who stay nearby us. Sometimes the mistakes is ours but we don't think it as our mistakes and that's the problem..
Yeah... many of us will never admit that we're wrong, but we're quick to see others as wrong. And react as such. It's just annoying!!
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Thank you for this!!
The question is well ever that guy survived or not. Anyway, it is an importsnt point and quite needed to realize in current times when everyone is getting aggressive with no reason. May be the changing lifestyle has something to do...but we need to focus to stay calm
Abi... if the car hit him, he might not have been able to do anything other than groan in pain😂😂
We all should be wise, because dumb things like this kill people all the time.
Omo people can be so terrible and I don’t blame some other people who neglect a few people when they become rich
People are crazy ooh so it is better to stay away from them. They can even poison you cos you’re young and rich
Life is crazy!
Yeah... sometimes when you realize that the reason for the hate is not actually for something you did, but what you are, it can be very depressing. Which is why we shouldn't allow such things get to us. Not at all!!
Being young and rich is a crime in Nigeria that's why the EFCC chairman went on air to say that 75% of Nigerian students are into fraud.
They think youths can not be successful without fraud which is wrong. I try as much as possible to stay out of people's business and also keep my business away from people.
Exactly! Just do my thing and don't care what others think. The minute you start to, that's when it all begins to go downhill for you!
The truth is God is just helping all of us
Most times we might be so much tempted to get angry which should not be so