12 - on how I classify people

Believe it or not, I always categorize people into two groups, no matter based on what. It could be based on how they eat a broiled egg or which team they support (mine or the other). Of course I do not put the same emphasis on all categorizations. Nonetheless there is one among them, works like a litmus test. Here's my litmus test....

There are two types of people in the world. Those who believe in you and those who don't. The first category consists of people who you should care most. Let's work on the logic. Before that let me clarify...

I will use the example only to clarify a universal -which means simple- reasoning (no correlation with Kafka's dilemma is being sought)
The reasoning in the example belongs to fleas in an experiment. Our old friends, fleas, which in average can jump 30 cm vertical were once put in a glass box with a mechanism which allowed the experimenter to adjust the ceiling's height. In the case lowered gradually, the fear of hitting an "unknown" barrier, thus an unexplainable pain caused these creatures to adapt their behavior to jump low and avoid pain.

Feel free to call it fear or wisdom. No matter what you call, after the ceiling was removed, none were jumping back their normals. In a flea world it's questionable if there is something similar to peer pressure or peer support. Therefore it would not be fair to put all the fleas into the latter category of my litmus test. However, unlike fleas, the only surviving hominid (the human beings) communicate. They not only communicate but also influence each other.

The question about the existence of a glass ceiling is absurd. There could be a ceiling. Doesn't really matter. Some believe you will crash that ceiling, some believe you will not. What defines mankind is the effort towards dreams. You either try or fail... If you select to fail, you will fail to realize your ultimate goal in being yourself... Thus, people belong into two groups. Those who believe in and support you, are the ones who will help you in your path to discover yourselves.

The first king of Corinth in Greek mythology was cursed to carry a huge mass of rock over a hill for eternity. The boulder fell down each time he got closer to the top, eventually causing him to go back and climb with the rock again only to drop soon as he's almost there...

Sisyphus is going to be carrying the boulder over the hill for eternity. He definitely doesn't need anyone telling him that he cannot reach the top!


My warmest regards goes to Barlas who once wrote a wonderful short fiction, naming "Aras of Corinth"...