คนมองโลกในแง่ร้าย Novels & Stories

Mas inilapit pa niya sa akin ang box at nanginginig ang mga kamay na tinanggap ko iyun. Napalunok ako nung tumabi siya ng upo sa akin at ipinatong ang kanyang mga braso sa tuhod. Nakatingin lang ako sa kanya at nagiging alerto sa kung ano ang pwede niyang gawin. Malayo ang tingin niya sa dagat at hindi ko rin maiwasang mapatingin doon nung magsalita siya. "Believe me or not. The world is cruel than what you think. It's more deadly than this island. People out there make living harder for us." "Y-you cannot completely wipe the bad ones from earth. Those guys already have three-fourth of the world in their hands."

sagot ko rito. He nodded. "Totoo pala ang sinasabi ng karamihan na bawat nilalang sa mundo ay may mabuti at masamang panig." I hummed. "Nakadepende na sa kanila kung magiging mabuti ba sila o masama."

Pero sadyang mas nangingibabaw talaga sa kaniya ang galit sa mga oras na iyon kaya hindi na niya ito pinagtuunan pa ng higit na pansin. Hindi niya alam kung bakit siya nito gustong patayin. Naging mabuting kaibigan naman siya kay Flint mag mula pa noong una kaya labis na sama ng loob ang nadarama niya ng mga oras na iyon. In this cruel world, kindness is certainly as unsafe virtue. Other people might think that kind people are innocent and stupid. But they were not. They just simply think that everyone has a good heart.

He smiled at me. He is right. The world is not an unfair one, but the people living in it are. It's a cruel world because the people of it are. The world is only a place, and it revolves roundly, regardless of what you feel or what you have. It's just a matter of understanding and having it all. “Then I learned about law…” he chuckled. “People are cruel regardless of what they have in life or what they want to have in life. It is a trait I think everybody has. And the law makes everything balanced.”

"At anong pakialam ko sa nanay mo?" Sumakit ang dibdib ko sa sinabi niya. Even if I'm very rich, I won't say those kind of words to other people. Pero gaya ng lagi kong ginagawa ay tinitiis ko na lamang ang sinasabi ng ibang tao. This world is full of cruel people, we rarely meet the real ones and the good ones. Kaya sa halip na umasang mayroon pang taong ganoon ay sinisikap kong maging ganoon na lamang para sa iba.

But cruelty would always charge you a karma. Life will always be fair, the world isn’t. You may think that life has been unfair to you, but your surroundings will always be. The world is too cruel for everyone, some people would just love to adapt it. Sometimes, the were left with no options but to be in the dark side. It has always been you. Reflect on how you should act in front of everyone and assess the situation. Maybe you could build a hope within the lines where everyone could make a silver lining upon this seesaw’s riding.