We always hear them say: watch for your thoughts as they might become words at any minute. As much as this is true, some people have mastered the art of lying; they perfected it to the extent that they believe the lies of their own invention and act upon it; how funny and pathetic at the same time.

What I am sure of though is that our thoughts get translated into actions no matter how hard we try to separate them; our actions are a logical extension of what and how we feel and without us even realizing it, we are telling the whole world what we are thinking through our actions and behaviors.

We try so hard to reflect an image that is positive and appealing to others so that they would love and admire us; it is human nature to seek love and admiration, but what happens when one cannot keep this up for long? What if their true colors were not that appealing after all? What if their aim was only to impress to make them feel good about themselves? What if their attempts are not that honest and genuine and therefore; they cannot maintain it for long?

I have come across a lot of those who have dual personalities; one for themselves and one for others. I could swear that they deserve an Oscar for their performance because they are really convincing, but all you have to do is aggravate them enough to trigger their true personality to surface and function in the light, and by doing that; giving yourself a chance at finally finding out and knowing maybe for the first time who they really are. If you are not prepared for such a moment, you are in for a shock that will keep you days wondering what went wrong and how you reached here.

Hundreds of people around us believe in their hearts that they are superior to us, better than us, more gifted, more talented, luckier, prettier, richer … you name it, but there will always be preference in the sentence and in the conviction.

What goes on in the minds of such people is a bubble that is so fragile and can be burst when they least expect it. I am no psychology expert to realize that what makes them think this way is their need to feel they are equal to others; their need to feel better and fill the emptiness that some people generate by their mere existence in their lives.

My guess is that the scenario goes like this: someone is prettier than me, then I have to overcome that lack of completeness is by being better in other areas, like being smarter, funnier, richer … etc.
The prettier they get, the more obsessed I become in being better in other areas. What makes matters worse is when I become so obsessed with these ideas that I become arrogant by nature, because I am trying to hide my insecurities by emphasizing on what I possess and others lack, and all that to make me feel good about myself and that I am not only “not less” but much better than the rest.

What makes this situation so sad is that being proud of who I really am, is the most attractive feature I can have. No matter who my family is and how much money we have, what makes me unique is my own personality and how genuine and honest I am with myself and others.

It really makes me so sad to see that in this time and age, we still have people who believe that their surname, bank accounts, clothes, cars, mobiles … etc. give them a better rank in life and makes them better than others and more worthy of life itself. When they feel that someone does not care about all these materialistic things and see right through them to that vulnerable soul that is hiding behind layers and layers of lies, they start attacking them by undermining them and trying to make them feel less worthy and less human, but they always forget that if these people did not care about these things in the beginning, chances are they won’t care about them now, and this attempt of making them feel less, is only pathetic and pitiful.

I wish that these people keep in mind that humility is the best feature of true great people and that the first thing prophets taught people is to be humble and down to earth and that God does not like arrogant snobbish people who keep measuring others with their own messed up scales, and losing them every single time.

Being richer is not being better, what you do with the money decides if you are better than others or not; what you do with what you possess determines your rank in life and not only owning them, so wake up all you arrogant people out there, your arrogance shows and it is not appealing, especially to intellectual people who think beyond what you are showing off with.