Sidney Rittenberg grasped my cold hand firmly with his frail hands and said, “Hannah, you must follow your heart.”
I don’t remember what I asked Sidney that day, but it doesn’t matter how we got here, it matters where we’re going.
Sidney was imprisoned in China for over a decade. How could he escape such a hostile place? He loved them. Love is the only road home - Peace through superior firepower.
Yes love is the road to peace,but this is the desirable part of life.Unfortunately not always ..... while i could never had a dictionary meaning of love all my life,but still i guess it has got something to do with intimacy and dependence and expectations.
I understand. The only way I’ve been able to rise above the hostility mankind imposed upon me has been to reach beyond that moment for the next. In each hostile situation I’ve remained calm and thought of those people I needed to stay alive for and that there was still so, so much to do. I also kept a flicker of hope alive in me. I don’t know how it didn’t burn out completely, it was just there, always there. Now, I struggle daily to let go of perfectionism. Perfectionism is a tyrannical leader that has no place in our minds.
What do you think? I hope you find peace far away friend. Reach out to me anytime.
Unfamiliar place will require building relationships, hostile place will require focus on completing current assignments and quietly searching for better environment. World is full of opportunities. Taking your focus away from the window that might be closing and paying attention to the ones opening will be the best approach.
A person, especially an academic, cannot in the long run violate his own principles, that is, accept the injustice of third parties, including injustice against equals who also experience injustice from their obviously omnipotent, uninspiring superiors.
One method of coming to terms with this life situation at least for a certain period of time is to keep a diary in which one lists objectively everything that happens in one's own everyday life. This is primarily intended for one's own memory. But it is also an expression of resistance and a component of the self-clarification process not to want to submit to such a situation.
One has to be so careful in attitude , behaviour and dealing with people in a hostile and unfamiliar place so that he/ she can avoid any action that may lead to an irresponsible action.
Unfortunately, for most dependent people, their own freedom does not end where the freedom of others is compromised. It ends more often and more threateningly in the arbitrariness of superiors and an unjust system.
The world is becoming a hostile place as we hear the news every day. Nobody cares about the weak and the strong and the rich are always right. Global warming could unfortunatly be a global warning. Loving people and helping as much as we can; we might be saved.
It is a very complex matter. I would say it is mostly a personal and cultural matter, but can depend on other aspects such as context. I collected different scenarios of behaviour in Chapter Scenarios of Social Interaction
If one suffers from injustice in the workplace (mobbing, me-to, exploitation), one will proceed rationally: Firstly, it must be clearly stated, either in private or in public, that trust is in danger of disappearing because disadvantages are obvious. Further action will depend on the outcome of such a statement. If it is a matter of serious violations by superiors, one will look among one's peers for fellow sufferers who will be treated similarly unfairly. They will also try to bring to the attention of others who are responsible in the company and inform them of the problem. Thirdly, if possible, one will try to leave the workplace, either within the company or by dismissal - if one has found another job.
I sing in my mind something encouraging, surely if someone looks - I look stupid.The fact that my thought is busy helps me not to concentrate on hostility, and the melody makes me calm.
You should evaluate the degree of hostility of the place, if it can hurt you and if you are able to support the pain. How only you know why you are there, so you must take into account if it is worth to stay there and support it.
Better to act as cool as we can by studying the situation, ignore as much as we can if someone tries to irritate, plan strategy to combat the negatives and try to find out a way for a comfy zone. If we can persist it is okay, if not better to leave before it mentally drained us out.