iThink...thereFore, iAm

In every situation there will always be a person who gets the losing end. Very often we’ll notice that it’s usually the same person. This guy, i’ve noticed, just stands silent amidst it all, taking in the mockery, the shame, the ridicule and the pain. He/she doesn’t fight back, and just accepts whatever comes to him/her.

In our world, very often this kind of person is taken advantage of. And we don’t even know we taking advantage of the person because we assume that they’re fine with it. But we forget that not everything is said in public, and so there are underlying things going on in that mind. We don’t see it as taking advantage of the person because we assume that “it’s their job and if it’s not they can voice up to it” but we forget that they can either be too nice to say no, or recognize that they can make your life easier by doing what you asked, even though it’s at personal cost to them.

I’ll call this person the “mouse”, for obvious reasons, and we are the “cats”. 

Now, “mice” are often seen as timid and quiet and running away at every opportunity and sign of danger. What we don’t know is where they run to and why they run - it could well be that the running away is part of a preplanned sequence of defense/attack, or it could be that they retreat to recover and gather their own strength.  The world perceives these non-reactionary people, the “mice”, as weak, indecisive people who do not contribute much. After all, the “cats” are the ones who are showing themselves in the forefront, getting the limelight and attention.

The “cats” will be the ones who have the chance to show the resilience expected of them, given the dangers that they put themselves into. Some of it will be necessary, and it is not to say that the “cats” are all bad or are all rash. But simply by the nature of the “cats” they will naturally be the ones to shine and gain publicity first.

What then of the “mice”? They will be the ones eating the scraps for long enough. But the warning then lies here: push a mouse into a corner and when he/she has to fight, the pent up strength is more than enough to repel a cat.