I really do think the world is a sad place for those who think. And it is even sadder for those who think and feel. And can not help from feeling.

I believe the education system lacks in telling us how to score up on our EQs because manners don't apply to the real world anymore. No wonder we are not a gracious society anymore. How can we expect others to be gracious and serve us well when we ourselves are not gracious? How do we expect the aunty at the bubble tea shop to understand us when we mock the way they speak? I don't remember schools ever giving us lessons on how to build up out EQs because some people don't even know what EQ is. And yet, these very people are scolded in lectures for having low EQs and talking during assembly? Hmm... whose fault is that really, I wonder. No one party in particular. Manners, lead to graciousness and the GEM movement wouldn't even have been needed.EQ lessons are needed, for those who are not born with it or just have not developed it over these few years.

Sensitivity to the people around you, how they feel and how you should act according to that has benefits. Unless you of course, totally have no idea how they feel and in that case, why not in the first place? Sure we try to help those who are in need, the patients in the hospice centre, the students in the tuition centre but how much about that shows that you are really a caring person, sensitive to others' needs? How much does doing all this tell about you when you can't even show your compassion to that tired friend, that sick friend, the friend that has a lot on his mind, the friend who clearly could do with a little bit of smile, a little bit of encouragement, the people who are around you, just to make them sure that you care for them?

I hope I never become a pretentious person who is unconstant in nature, showing compassion only for "altruistic" events. I would like to be constantly compassionate and sensitive to the people around me and to do the best in my ability in that moment to make the person's life a bit better.