What is the one thing that you hate the most? A query that has been put to my quite often recently.
Answer: People.
The general response that I receive is of shock, resentment, disapproval and the likes. But I have my justifications, like most people in the world.
I had to answer that question yet again today, I mean yesterday. I stood by my answer. 'Why?' Yet another question that has been tagging along. I mainly wriggle out of it by answering that people frustrate me a lot. And on a couple of occasions I have even given the answer. But it never clicks. This time I answered - 'Personal'. Later I reflected, is it something personal to me or them? And like a million other questions that pop in my mind, I left this unanswered.
What does one do when up against a majority? And in my case it is almost always against the whole crowd. Recently, I've discovered a few who are on the side that I take, but that does not affect the numerical strength of the majority in any way. And considering that those few are labeled nuts and wackos by the majority, you really are left to ponder. Can 99% of the people around me be wrong? Or is it just me? Should I just give up my so called crazy individuality and blend in with the crowd that is in utter disarray and seems to be following an illusion?
It is an ongoing struggle with oneself, in my case. I've chosen to stick to my set of principles. I do not know how long I'll be able to continue to defend myself from this side of the battle. It would be so pathetic to yield and become what I detest by turning my colors and joining the majority. And if it is that what requires for one to survive in this world, I'd be at crossroads when I'd have to choose to surrender or die in honor.
