I Cannot Understand It

I’m starting to believe that I do not have a proper grasp of the English language. Some people simply cannot or will not understand what I try to say. This happens in real life as well.

If I said: ‘All the people who arrived with the first bus, are now seated’, somebody is bound to quote me as having said: ‘All the people who are now seated, arrived with the first bus’. These two statements are not mutually inclusive. To make the second statement true, you have to replace the word ‘All’ in the first statement with ‘Only’. I can understand if the person doing this is still learning to speak English, but these are native English speakers.

And then there are the people who drag things out the context of the blog or paragraph. One has to be so careful of what you write or it may explode in your face. Each word has to be vetted and reevaluated before use. It takes a lot of the pleasure out of blogging. It is as if some people scan the blogs just to find something to criticize, regardless of the context or the spirit of the blog and paragraph. They are easy to recognize, it is the same people all the time. They do nothing but criticize. Never a positive comment.

I think some people simply fail to see the humor in apparent serious situations. Looking at something from the funny side of it, does not make it less serious, nor does it ridicule the ‘victims’. It is the situation and the circumstances, sometimes riddled with inconsistencies, which are being mocked with. There is humor in the most serious of events and I somewhat pity those who cannot see it. They miss a lot. We cannot go through life with long faces.

And maybe it is time to be less sensitive and to start laughing at ourselves. We, as individuals, are the funniest creatures on this planet; if only we could see ourselves the way others see us. Laugh a bit more, even if it is at your own expense. Life can be such fun.


You have a great weekend, will ya!