DOPPIA FACCIA

"WHEN BULLETS ARE FLYING,
WHETHER LITERAL OR METAPHORIC,
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE TRUSTED PEOPLE WATCHING YOUR BACK"

I came across this as I was preparing for my lesson plan this morning. And it just hit me that it really shocks us at times when we discover how "two-faced" many people around us are.

I'm no hypocrite to say I haven't been "two-faced" in all the years of my existence. Being in Sales & Marketing, I've had my own fair share of two-facing scenarios as it is imperative to master this skill in my line of work. But...may I just say - IT DOESN'T END THERE. As Uncle Ben Parker said (with a little bit of my personal twist) The two-facing skill comes with greater responsibilities...Simply put, we could and should put it into good use.

And in spite of my "I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run..." and "I've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed to see...I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me" dilemmata (pasensya, may LSS lang); From my personal ordeal, it's still a conundrum how it is a way of life and a means for survival to some.

As I am an OC for details, I've left no stones unturned from previous episodes that involved two-faces and two-facing. I think, people do this for many reasons. I suppose I could come up with a few: maybe because of an unhappy childhood, maybe because of envy, lack of education, zero career, recalcitrant personal struggles, insecurities or maybe that's just the way they are.

Well, it is definitely annoying and as I said earlier, shocking. But at the end of the day, I simply find myself shrugging my shoulders and I continue to coexist with them. After all, a nuisance that they are, they do have equal rights to be in this world anyway.