Nothing But a Pig
by This is an article on a simple lesson of listening to other people- even to the most "unworthy".
“Listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story”. This is from the 1960’s poem Desiderata.
“Listen to others… very simple… but what about those people you think are dull and ignorant.. or those people you simply don’t like? Painful reliality, but sometimes we prefer not to have conservations with them. Even sometimes, we tend to avoid them.
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I have an anecdote to share with you and I call it “Nothing but A Pig”.
It happened one blue Sunday in 2008 when I was in Cebu. For me, a blue Sunday is like when you’re stuck in a box-shaped room, listening to hissing Sunday-country music from the neighborhood’s defective transistor radio. An all you got for a company was Noy Ben, who knows nothing but to eat, drink and sleep the whole day.
During this awful sunny day, people in the boarding house had different antidotes to boredom. Some mimicked songs as if they were hypnotized. Some took their clean clothes from their closet, washed them in the laundry area, while having chitchats and flirting with those girls who were wearing something that showed off their semi-porcelain legs.
In room 14, there were only Noy Ben and I. While he was writing his “swertres” numbers, I was wandering into the magical world of Stephen King’s “Needful Things’. Without a word, he got out to sweep the dried leaves at the façade of the boarding house. When he was done, he popped out in front of me and invited to have a drink. Lifeless and dense, I said “No, Thanks…!”
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Post CommentThemax
On November 7, 2009 at 3:12 pm
very nice thanks
LoveDoctor
On November 7, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Great article. Listening is a skill that we should all try to develop. If more people listened to each other, the world would be a much happier place to live in. A lot of suicides occur because somebody was too busy or preoccupied to listen. So yes, good point to touch on. And what if it is your own family members that don’t want to listen? I have come across a few people at work who are going through this dilemma. I don’t think it is that their families don’t care, but with authoritative parents, everything is their way or the highway.
Patrick Regoniel
On November 7, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Each one has a story to tell. Listening is an art. Nice one
AlmaG
On November 7, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Simply wonderful!
Guy Hogan
On November 8, 2009 at 12:55 am
We are all pigs. I am one of the biggest pigs of all.
Hansika
On November 8, 2009 at 1:18 am
ha ha ha nice one…..
mo hoyal
On November 8, 2009 at 5:59 pm
This was very good and we all can learn from those we think we don’t want to associate with. Thank you, it was humbling!
giftarist
On November 9, 2009 at 8:45 am
Great post! Very interesting write..great work!
diamondpoet
On November 10, 2009 at 11:31 am
Good story very enjoyable.
lillyrose
On November 12, 2009 at 6:55 am
very good story, we should take time to listen to others but it can be difficult some times.