Adjudicated Parallels

 People heaping praise on others are the most loved. But it is not wise to do it incessantly and there should be a limit to it. Sycophants who do it more and more to gain favour of an authoritarian person are hated by people other than the target himself. This is not the topic here. Imagine a person is down with you and is envious of the person and stature attached to you. The best way to gain favour and some respect from him is to praise him as compared to his forthright enemy. This can settle the score and the man who is against you can respect your stature somewhat. I had the privilege of doing this and gaining some ground in the man's mind. His close confidante from many years became an unrelenting soft enemy. I praised the person's language skills as compared with this enemy. The result was that he became welcoming to me and the creditworthiness of me increased in his sight. The words hit the sweet spot of the target and life became easier. This is not so manipulative of p...

 Swimming upstream can be hazardous and impossible without the hope of reaching the goal ashore. If there is any misplaced kindness and opposition from everywhere around, there is the ample evidence of you being fallen into the trap of malicious people. The intent is laid bare with the exposing of these situations. The more struggle seems unending, more should be reason of your self-belief and time-tested partnerships. I was privy to one such failed partnership in a man's life. He fell into the trap again and again by not believing in the wisdom of everyday people he meets. Though the shore of goodwill was beckoning him far away, he still got trapped in the quagmire and muck set up by the people with evil intent. The moment wherein a person becomes very endearing and sweet is a tell-tale sign of being unjustly victimized. Once fallen prey to the machinations of these people, it is wise to let go of the company. But there is a struggle and one ends up being entrapped further. If sto...

There is a lot of goodwill wanting in our affairs with people around. If there is some sort of poverty in the underprivileged sections of the society, the need can be met with the generous help of well off ones. But there is a danger of falling victim to treachery of these people who are plagued with misfortune; they tend to be very desperate. I was once privy to an incident that led me to this thought. A person who is a relative became obsessed with helping his kin and had great regards for her. So much so that he gave her the place and title of his immediate nuclear family. After quite a while, the 'relatives' dumped him and never entertained his company. This was because he had lost all his money, being retired from his job. This is a classic case of manipulation. There could be some sort of new age methods they tried too to keep him under their influence. Desperation wroughts vices. Be safe. Take control of your blessings and trust someone who is worthy of your feelings....