A fear of the imagined
Village People, and this is not the
American disco group from the 1970s; rather, it defines a state of mind, the
foreboding that any adversity or misfortune is an extension of the negative
influence of people from your homestead on your circumstances.
The idea of village people is
retrogressive, a concept of people limited by a frame of reference governed by
malevolence and envy: detractors who cannot bear to see others succeeding,
whose sense of joy is derived from the downfall of others.
Whether the concept of village people
is imagined or real, we find ourselves caught in the paranoia of being watched
and afraid to stumble. Everything becomes a premonition towards ill. The danger
is that we become ensnared by mental constraints we have imposed on ourselves, borne
of the irrational yet significantly impactful on our mien.
Leave them in the village
Yet, I aver that village people should
be left in the village and not be given any semblance of influence beyond the
village limits. They cannot walk where we have walked, nor can they see through
our eyes.
Why, then, do we believe that village
people have the ability to impact our lives so profoundly that they have such a
hold on us? How can they divert not just the course of events far removed from
them but also define our destiny? The truth is probably a battle we are engaged
with, in our heads rather than something external to us.
To paraphrase Hanlon's razor:
"Never ascribe to malice (of village people) that which is adequately
explained by incompetence (of ourselves)." If we took more responsibility
for some things that have happened to us, the village people might just become
the music that gets us on the dancefloor.
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