Friday, August 21, 2009
Sincerity?
K before i touch on that, just a small update. Had my graduation ceremony at SMTI - Passed out as a qualified medic. Yet to be ranked as a specialist. And yeah, got my Silver Bayonet - an award presented to the top five people of the cohort, excluding the best trainee who will receive his Golden Bayonet. So... There goes on my life, as a NS men...
So my warrant gave a meaningful farewell speech. That was when the word 'sincerity' struck me. He started talking about using the mind VS using the heart. And somehow it linked up to sincerity.
What he was saying was that people who work with their mind are usually not as sincere as those who work with their heart. He gave an analogy of a factory producing canned food. The factory has two machines - one new and one old. The new one is super shiny and is noiseless but only produces 800 cans per day. The old one, on the other hand, is super rusty and make so much noise but produces 8000 (i know the difference is too much, but im quoting what he said. Haha. Super ridiculous right?). People who work with their mind will choose the new machine cos they can see their 32 teeth when they look at the machine. Whereas, people who work with their heart would prefer to use the old machines, cos in the end, they want the work to be done perfectly and not just for the sake of doing. Honestly, it took me awhile to understand this as well, cos his analogy wasn't exactly suitable, but well... this was what he was trying to put across, if im not wrong. Or at least, thats the way i saw it!
So how far can sincerity bring you? We all know that the world is indeed full of politics. Wherever you go, whatever you do, somehow politics play a part they. My warrant was just warning us of the reality that we may have to face once we finish Ns and step into the career world. Yesh. I totally agree, this is true. Many people do not survive in the real world, after their education cos they have never been exposed to such harsh reality.
My point of touching on sincerity was ton actually make a connection back to my last post on 'trust'. Sincerity and trust, without doubt are somehow inter-connected. People naturally begin to trust someone who is sincere. Well, thats nothing wrong. But how do u identify someone's sincerity? Are you very sure that he is being genuinely sincere or does that person have a inner motive, thus faking sincerity?
Every relationship needs this element of sincerity. Even a BGR (boy-girl relationship). The partner has to be sincere, for a long lasting relationship. C'mon, seriously speaking, you wouldn't want to have a partner who is playing behind your back (which is what's happening alot now. Haha. Sadly.) Friendhsip too. A sincere friendship can last. Not one that has people bitching behind your back, backstabbing and sticking around with you for a reason. Personally, i feel that most friendships are formed because of a reason, and not just pure friendship. If i want to go on, i need to do a research on friendship to actually be ready to argue anything about this issue.
K before i touch on that, just a small update. Had my graduation ceremony at SMTI - Passed out as a qualified medic. Yet to be ranked as a specialist. And yeah, got my Silver Bayonet - an award presented to the top five people of the cohort, excluding the best trainee who will receive his Golden Bayonet. So... There goes on my life, as a NS men...
So my warrant gave a meaningful farewell speech. That was when the word 'sincerity' struck me. He started talking about using the mind VS using the heart. And somehow it linked up to sincerity.
What he was saying was that people who work with their mind are usually not as sincere as those who work with their heart. He gave an analogy of a factory producing canned food. The factory has two machines - one new and one old. The new one is super shiny and is noiseless but only produces 800 cans per day. The old one, on the other hand, is super rusty and make so much noise but produces 8000 (i know the difference is too much, but im quoting what he said. Haha. Super ridiculous right?). People who work with their mind will choose the new machine cos they can see their 32 teeth when they look at the machine. Whereas, people who work with their heart would prefer to use the old machines, cos in the end, they want the work to be done perfectly and not just for the sake of doing. Honestly, it took me awhile to understand this as well, cos his analogy wasn't exactly suitable, but well... this was what he was trying to put across, if im not wrong. Or at least, thats the way i saw it!
So how far can sincerity bring you? We all know that the world is indeed full of politics. Wherever you go, whatever you do, somehow politics play a part they. My warrant was just warning us of the reality that we may have to face once we finish Ns and step into the career world. Yesh. I totally agree, this is true. Many people do not survive in the real world, after their education cos they have never been exposed to such harsh reality.
My point of touching on sincerity was ton actually make a connection back to my last post on 'trust'. Sincerity and trust, without doubt are somehow inter-connected. People naturally begin to trust someone who is sincere. Well, thats nothing wrong. But how do u identify someone's sincerity? Are you very sure that he is being genuinely sincere or does that person have a inner motive, thus faking sincerity?
Every relationship needs this element of sincerity. Even a BGR (boy-girl relationship). The partner has to be sincere, for a long lasting relationship. C'mon, seriously speaking, you wouldn't want to have a partner who is playing behind your back (which is what's happening alot now. Haha. Sadly.) Friendhsip too. A sincere friendship can last. Not one that has people bitching behind your back, backstabbing and sticking around with you for a reason. Personally, i feel that most friendships are formed because of a reason, and not just pure friendship. If i want to go on, i need to do a research on friendship to actually be ready to argue anything about this issue.
since you are not sincere,
i see no reason to be here.
but just know that when u need me,
this time round, i maybe not be here,
i maybe far away,
but i will run when i hear your call,
that's friendship.
and that's the respect i give for a friendship.
whether it's broken or not, isn't the issue,
but once a friendship is forged,
it's never forgotten,
let alone forgiven.
Sincere Outruled,
Ragha :)
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