The Narsing Flower
Narkissos was a hunter who was known for his exceptional beauty. He treated those who fell in love with him badly because he thought he was better than everybody else.
Nemesis, the god of vengeance, noticed this behavior and lured him to a pool, where he saw his own reflection in the water and fell in love himself. Blinded by his love, he jumped into the pool to get to his own reflection and drowned.
According to the Greek mythology, this story can have several endings. In one such ending, one of his victims named Liriope, a beautiful river nymph, was overwhelmed by her grief. She decided to join him in death by jumping into the pool after him. She drowned but her soul was trapped in the water. Once again, the gods intervened. Her soul was immortalized into a flower bulb, which took root at the edge of the pool.
Not only the origin of a beautiful flower in the daffodil family, but it also gave rise to another term. Narcissus is the Latin form of Narkissos and is the origin of the term narcissism, a fixation with oneself and one's physical appearance.
Some of the symptoms:
1-Hypersensitivity to any insults or imagined insults
2-An obvious self-focus in interpersonal exchanges
3-Vulnerability to shame rather than guilt
4-Flattery towards people who admire and affirm them
5-Detesting those who do not admire them
6-Pretending to be more important than they really are
7-Bragging subtly but persistently
8-Denial of remorse and gratitude
9-Self lamentation and looking for attention when insulted
Before this starts a new series of self-lamentations, this blog is not aimed at anybody and I categorically deny having called anybody a narcissist. Don't wear a shoe if it does not fit.
That title is reserved for only me. After all, the mirror in my passage kisses me every time I walk by. All I need to do is to bend over towards it to kiss back.
Have a wonderful day!
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Thanks for dropping in.
Thank you too for your part you played in the fun.
The money is most welcome. I hope it is not counterfeit like last time. I had a lot of explaining to do without dragging you into it.
At last I have caught up. Must get something to nibble on. Having curry and rice with my sister tonight. She's spoiling me. I wonder what she wants this time.
I will. I'm starving. I just devoured a tomato, lettuce and onion sandwich with a cup of tea and it does not even feel as if I had something to eat. I cannot eat more otherwise it will spoil my appetite.
with onions and Vinegar
Due to the stinginess of the sponsor, there will be no second prize at this time; not even a cupcake. Better luck this time.
She lives less than one km the way a crow flies. Along the road a little more.
She makes it as hot as hell when I eat there. Holy curry. It burns the hell out of you. That is the way I like it. She knows not to make brown stew when she invites me for curry and rice.
Malaysia is known for destabilizing their neighboring states. Apparently it keeps their economy vibrant when there is unrest in the region.
..................... Attorney fee..........7,855 rand
......................Maximum recovery........588 rand
That's it I'll see you in court,
I'm lost at sea. Where do you get the 588?
I paid attention to no one but myself.
Huzzy mathematics?
Ok, that will be acceptable.
I'm not sure. Do you think he sometimes dresses like a male?
That sounds sufficient punishment. As long as we understand my superior position.
look good. ( in keeping with context of this Blog)
As long as we're having fun. I think we're all friends here.
It is almost time to go to my sister. I wonder if their electricity is also off. But she has a gas stove, so my curry and rice is save and warm, hopefully hot as well.