domingo, 6 de mayo de 2012

Don´t get angry

I wonder if there are sociological studies that try to measure the level of aggressivity in the society. There is always a clikcling point to my thoughts here, so I will start explaining why I write today. Someone explained me a situation in the normal day-to-day life, that ended, not in a physical quarrel, but definitely in a situation full of aggressiveness and this person ended somewhat emotionally affected. And aggressive. And I had to suffer a bit the rebounded aggressivity of hers. And the whole ambiance was rarefied... for everything else. Creativity and love do not flourish in an aggressive environment. Less civilised societies tend to have, I believe, higher levels of aggressivity. People use violence (in the words, in the expressions, and also physical) more often and with less care. It´s a primitive reaction, and it is very much linked to the education we receive at home and the environment we live in. Sometimes we can´t do much about it... and sometimes we can do everything about it. When someone gets violent, typically verbally at the beginning, we must appease that level of violence first. We must not tolerate it. No benefits have to be awarded to whoever loses his temper. We are not childs, and being adults and deciding to be aggressive is not acceptable. And it must not be respected. If we do not contain that aggressiveness... it spreads like a wave. Someone is hurt by it, unfairly... and then looks to compensate... maybe punishing someone else, weaker. It´s a spyral of unfairness... that started with that first person who lost his temper. Many things in this life and in our relations with others will trigger emotional reactions... and some may, we could argue, deserve an energic reaction... but... is that true? If we are all educated rightly, that should be a useless resource... it would be like an animal. No attention, no respect... rather the contrary, when it loses its behaviour. Too many people gets too angry for too silly things. Let´s pay more attention to our reactions. And let´s try to avoid aggressivity. It´s a crucial step to make our life and that of the people around us... a better place.