Wednesday, June 13, 2007
many ppl base their 1st impressions on purely who's pretty or handsome. to judge someone by their looks and not by their character, some would say it's rather shallow.
which brings me to the proverb "Don't judge a book by it's cover."
But you're not a book!
Let's say you're in a bookstore, looking for a book to read. What are the processes we go by in selection a book?
First is the cover, which can be compared to one's outer-appearance. If this person looks good, I'll go after him, like, duh.
Next is recommendations. Look at the book and sometimes they'll quote some magazine saying how this is "The Best Book EVA!!", or "The coming of the next LOTR", or something along the lines, which is again, very much like real life. You're judged, not on just the "cover", but on how others see you as well. Get good appraisals, and half the battle's won. For example, the shortest way to a girl's heart, is by making friends with her friends so that they can put in a good word for you: as one of my guys put it, "Keep your girlfriend close, keep her friends closer,"
Last is your "category", and how high up you are in it. Know how books have genres? "Sci-fi" lah, "Fantasy" lah, "Erotica" lah, "Chic Lit" lah, and all that? We, as people, are stuck in our own genre as well; the cliques, or people we hang out, and associate with speak volumes about us. And people have their preferred genres too, so watch where you place yourself on the shelf. Go and be a "best-seller", if possible.
So anyways...yeah...you're like a book, in many ways. And that's kinda unfair, no? The way you're judged based on things you can't really control MUCH.
BUT YOU'RE NOT A BOOK!
Open up! Be heard! Screw the cover of a book; I've seen gajillion books with butt-ugly covers (Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, UK EDITION, BLEGH!), but their contents were amazing. The thing about books is they can't open themselves up, they can't scream out what's inside...BUT YOU CAN!
My point is: Don't be a book. Open up. Be heard.
Your pages speak volume, but unless you force people to read you, nobody's going to give a flying-damn
composed.* 11:05 PM
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