Winter Trees

Monday, July 03, 2006

has been a very curious word for me...

Soma: because right now, i don't trust people...
Psychi: Me too...
Zoi: This world won't be in order if trust didn't exist...
Soma: what order?
Psychi: I remember someone telling me that i was optimistic and trusting...
Soma: Which person ?
Psychi: Bia...
Soma: Oh the one who writes so well?
Psychi: Yeah, he told me that he was a cynic...
Soma: Makes me wonder... What does cynicism mean anyway?
Psychi: Um... I don't know too...
Zoi: It is defined as this ...

Cynicism (Greek κυνισμός) was originally the philosophy of a group of ancient Greeks called the Cynics, founded by Antisthenes.

Presently the word generally describes the opinions of individuals who maintain that only self-interest motivates human behavior, and who are disinclined to rely on sincerity, human virtue, or altruism

Zoi: it's from wikipedia by the way...
Psychi: Yeah.. He has a hard time trusting the sincerity of people...
Soma: Hahahah... HE's just the same as us!
Zoi: Only same as you Soma... I know that Bia has also a part of himself that believes in altruism.
Psychi: I don't trust people too..
Soma: You said that already...
Psychi: Oh.. did i?
Zoi: Another person told me that you should not really trust people... Only the Master can be trusted ... It may sound spiritual, but does it really hold ? I can't imagine my sister Athoos or Evimeriagios having those evil intentions...
Psychi: Evimeriagios had already done that before right?
Zoi: But Gios didn't mean it... It wasn't his fault...
Soma: Yes it was... stop being so gullible!
Zoi: So what... everything has been forgiven anyway, and we also made a mistake and caused many damages...
Soma: Only Psychi did... he was too nice and believing... I won't be easily bullied... All of them
should be distrusted.... I'll never trust Gios...
Zoi: It can't be helped... Soma was badly damaged.... But it's not right... it's never right to
not forgive and not trust....
Soma: Timo can be trusted tho...
Psychi: Timo ? are you serious? he has done lots of mischiefs already by giving confidential
information to the wrong people...
Soma: Yeah but he somehow gained my trust... i don't know how...
Zoi: That means you're not a cynic... Soma, Psychi... It's time to forgive and learn how to
trust again.
Psychi: I think you're right... Gios had his bad days too... we weren't there to support him.
Zoi: And what about Athoos? She's the most faithful person I have ever known...
Soma: I agree... She only failed me once...
Zoi: Think about it though... Many times we have failed the master already... Yet He never was bitter... He always forgave us when we asked for forgiveness... He never distrusted us... Isn't it also right that we should forget about the past now?
Psychi: Yeah someone told me that holding on to bitterness is enslaving yourself to the target of your bitterness...
Soma: ReallY?! I don't like to be a slave again!
Zoi: Then forgive and forget... That's the only solution...
Psychi: Ok.. so should I trust people again?
Zoi: That's the only way...
Soma: Hmpppp..... I have no choice... better lose once than to be a slave forever...

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Colossians 3:13
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

3 Comments:

chard said...: "I have no choice"??? O cmon dear! We do always have a choice. It just so happen that we are afraid to take a risk of chosing what to do so we always tend to settle on the "safest side".; 2:14 AM
chard said...: now i get it...
ZOI d melancholic
SOMA d choleric
PSYCHI d phlematic

where's d SANGUINE?; 2:11 AM
Kangel said...: nice post bob!
really need this one.

God bless!; 4:08 PM