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A Lesson Kevin Taught Me.
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By: Nicholas Arnold Ishak
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Words are the harnessed superpower of intelligent beings. Not only do words( or sequence of words) dictate our personal life and direction but it directly affects those around us. In many cultures there is seemingly a lack of emotional intelligence ( intentional? Who knows.) that is camouflaged as a toughening of those perceived to be socially unacceptable. Yet there is a difference between helping one and revealing your own insecurities. Do you know what an angel is ? It’s those who eat our insecurities and hurt but still love you, those are the angels in the flesh. Societal developments begin at home, to be more specific it begins with the individual. A lack of emotional intelligence has been a hindrance on societies and this is a issue that needs to be addressed. Words are used to program people, and careless use of certain words are detrimental. I can easily do some research and tell you how others describe emotional intelligence but i’d rather tell you how I’ve come to learn and understand it… Acting is an art only a few have mastered; everyone can play one or a few characters but only a true master can manipulate one;s spectrum of emotion. While dancing with the thought of being an actor, a thought that trailed off a mixture of my ego and the lack of professionalism I was witnessing on the television. I asked myself, “ am I capable of crying on cue?”. While thinking about how I could achieve this, for chuckles sake. I decided to try to implement an imaginative perspective or in other words I attempted to place myself in another shoes. As a business major with an emphasis on marketing, thinking like a consumer was familiar to me. I needed to simply change the situation Im attempting to mimic. I chose a friend of mine, who was known for being bullied in his home. His ignorant family would bully him because it was a cultural norm for his ethnicity(I believe they were just feeding him their hurt to be completely honest). Yet I put myself in his shoes because I know him, I’ve known his heart; he was a good man and a good friend. I’ve only felt such sadness a handful of times in my life. Now every time I look at someone, I question their life story and what brought them to that point they are in this moment. This is how I learned. We can-not unlearn things after we learn them all that we can do is not care/let it slide or change them.