Take it Easy with the “Impression”

By Apolinario Villalobos

It is not good to have an outright impression about another person, just because the latter is perceived to be different from the rest, in how he/she carries or garb himself/herself for respectability. Unfair judgment or unfair conclusion, tend to come out, because of this attitude.

For instance, a woman dressed to the nines, complete with jewelries can catch the fancy of tongue waggers, as a lady-by-night or “tour guide” for foreign tourists. A good-looking man who tries his best to dress well in order to exude a respectable image as his ploy to get a good-paying job is sometimes judged as a callboy or worst, a pickpocket.

Other people are perceived by others as bums, couch potatoes, whose time is devoted to brisk walking or jogging in the morning, gazing at the TV set and sitting it out the whole afternoon with peers, just because they quit their regular job – a very unfair impression. Those who have this unfair impression have no way of knowing what the people that they are judging, are doing.

There is always something to do beyond a certain point in life such as a job that has been left. Resourceful people, always find means to land another job after quitting one, even on short-term consultancy basis. If some people cannot imagine themselves doing this, they might as well, just keep quiet. It is bad to think that others are just “pakalat-kalat” around, just because they have no regular job, as this is tantamount to calling him a bum!