But there is one thing that you and the story has missed. We have been talking about her kindness this entire story, correct? That's why it's always important to look at the question carefully and to see if the correct question is being asked. The question has so far been, "if they don't need her, who does?" But we haven't been talking about the girl at all. We've only been talking about her unique sense of kindness.
So now we have two questions to answer. "Who needs this girl?" and "Who needs this girl's kindness?" It depends. Obviously this girl does not understand how to be kind in a way other people can understand and accept, right? That doesn't mean she has no purpose. Perhaps she's an artist. Perhaps she has a unique bloodtype that someone needs. There is definitely someone who will eventually need this girl.
The other question, "Who needs this girl's kindness?" Well if other people with a pure heart don't need it, and other people with an impure heart don't need it, that leaves one person, right?
The answer to that is the girl, herself. This girl deserves kindness, but no one understands her unique brand of it more than she does. And she does learn this at some point. We don't really know how or when, but at some point, she learns that she deserves it too. If she cannot be kind to other people, she can at least be kind to herself.
[There's a bit of a chuckle there]
I'm sorry, I'm not a very good storyteller. In a way, this was more of a lesson on how to interpret and ask the right questions inside of a scenario. The point of what I was trying to say is that admittedly, you say my actions deserve praise, but I have to disagree. They're pretty terrible actually.
But even if I think their wrong, I believe your words still have a lot of meaning to them. It says something about your character, and more than your kind words, that is something I can appreciate.
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observingfate) wrote2013-08-09 02:03 am
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But there is one thing that you and the story has missed. We have been talking about her kindness this entire story, correct? That's why it's always important to look at the question carefully and to see if the correct question is being asked. The question has so far been, "if they don't need her, who does?" But we haven't been talking about the girl at all. We've only been talking about her unique sense of kindness.
So now we have two questions to answer. "Who needs this girl?" and "Who needs this girl's kindness?" It depends. Obviously this girl does not understand how to be kind in a way other people can understand and accept, right? That doesn't mean she has no purpose. Perhaps she's an artist. Perhaps she has a unique bloodtype that someone needs. There is definitely someone who will eventually need this girl.
The other question, "Who needs this girl's kindness?" Well if other people with a pure heart don't need it, and other people with an impure heart don't need it, that leaves one person, right?
The answer to that is the girl, herself. This girl deserves kindness, but no one understands her unique brand of it more than she does. And she does learn this at some point. We don't really know how or when, but at some point, she learns that she deserves it too. If she cannot be kind to other people, she can at least be kind to herself.
[There's a bit of a chuckle there]
I'm sorry, I'm not a very good storyteller. In a way, this was more of a lesson on how to interpret and ask the right questions inside of a scenario. The point of what I was trying to say is that admittedly, you say my actions deserve praise, but I have to disagree. They're pretty terrible actually.
But even if I think their wrong, I believe your words still have a lot of meaning to them. It says something about your character, and more than your kind words, that is something I can appreciate.