Today I just stopped for a while to think about so many people who judge me every day. They line up to give me advice. They tell me about how I talk a lot, about how I don't talk enough, how I read a lot, how I don't read at all. They seem to be extremely knowledgeable and symbolise the epitome of intelligence and rectitude.
People who keep judging me and advising me, I feel that you should apply your knowledge to yourselves in the first place. Do not deprive yourselves of your exalted self, standing on a stage and advising people like me on behaviour, intelligence, experience, philosophy, psychology and what not.
If you start doing that you would realise how shallow you are in the first place. All your opinions seem to float on the surface of heresy and gossip. All your experiences would be confined to one event which seems to be extrapolated to reach definite conclusions which you yourself might find absurd.
If you were to make a note of everything that you say; like you make a note of mine so that you can advise, admonish and correct me, of course, for my well being, you would realise that if you had to sit down to correct yourself and advise yourself it would take you all your time to do so.
I would also like you to listen to you boasting about your knowledge, foresight and wisdom and gift yourself a lot of patience which I seem to have acquired having to listen to you and many other well wishers all the time.
One fine day, you are bound to understand that you aren't much except for some comments and opinions which you throw at the drop of a hat to convince yourself that you are something and to help yourself build a facade of personality and wit to cover your attitude built of cynicism, lies, delusion and arrogance.
When you do, you have two choices. The first one, to ignore what has just come to your notice about yourself since it would be difficult to be humble, charitable, mild, pleasant and human. It would be much much easier to be arrogant, delusional, negative and proud.
The second one, to try and impose less of your exalted opinions on people. Letting them live their happy, honest, wonderful lives. To ensure that you are the only one who has to listen to you, hear your caustic comments, cry over your lack of empathy and cringe at your mock sympathy.
Either way, this letter is for you to try and see yourself from your point of view and see if that is what you would want to see.
