Pruning the grapevine.

Refrain from talking about yourself when in company. It will be done very well and extensively when you leave.

I like to group up people I know in three distinct categories, namely, my group of friends, my acquaintances and the rest. Further down the line, my friends are legion, but with different status that connects with their objectives. Very few are awarded the true friendship diploma. Luckily family circles should enjoy this qualification.

Double thinkers and treble talkers are often listed with friends. Just have a cursory look at the numerous social networking software available. There is a thrill in creating one’s avatar and splash online doubts, allegations and negative comments. All is shrouded in a great difficlty of identification. On the contrary, when used in a positive way it is recommendable.

What is very striking is the situation when “friends” are in company discussing all sorts of things. Discussions become very colourful and expressive over a few drinks, when even beauty takes a diffenent dimension because it becomes a thing of joy to the beer holder.

It is not what you really think about yourself, though admittedly that is a point of sepreme importance, but it is what others think and say about you when you leave their company which is fed to all the tissues in the grapevine. One’s actions, then, crown one’s beliefs.

Take, for example, what Mr and Ms VIP say about themselves, and what others say about them. But the acid test to the real Mr and Mrs VIP, or anybody else for that matter, lies in the kind of choices they do and carry out.

A dilemma may become evident in this respect. Sometimes the wrong decisions are taken which are camouflaged by allegations of coercion or force of public opinion. This, however, may be, more often than not, an attempt for excusing attenuations.

But it is the the man, or woman, for all seasons who gains the admiration of one and all.

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