A Thinking Wallflower
By auwielady
@auwielady (116)
Philippines
October 26, 2012 11:05pm CST
Being so quiet and conservative is, I believe, not a very "in" thing today. I mean, there are a lot of people who would really say whatever they want to say and blurt out whatever they wan to blurt out regardless of who would hear them. That, I think is really courageous. And sometimes, I really envy those kinds of people.
However, I think I would still want to stick to my old, quiet-type self. Well, yeah, I'm definitely a thinker. And I guess I also have the perks of being a wallflower because of that. I can observe and look at situations and people intently without them noticing me that much. I can see the bigger picture by stepping out of the crowd and thinking about the next step.
I guess every writer is also a thinker. Well, obviously they couldn't write without basically thinking. And well, probably there is always a wallflower inside every thinker and every writer in this world. Just a thought. :)
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5 responses
@zoey7879 (3092)
• Quincy, Illinois
29 Oct 12
Sometimes the simple power of observation, the observations that are made, are what give people the ultimate power in certain situations. The movie "What The Deaf Man Heard" is very on key with this.
A boy, traumatized by his mother abandoning him, refused to speak and went for many decades pretending to be deaf. He pretended that he was deaf by appearing to ignore people as they spoke.. and by not even flinching at loud noises.
So people, assuming that he was deaf, would often tell their secrets around him. When one of these overheard secrets was going to cost someone a great deal of money, the "Deaf Man" stepped forward, proving that he was not actually deaf. The perpatrator was later revealed and the other person did not lose their money.
@auwielady (116)
• Philippines
30 Oct 12
Wow! I guess that's really a great movie! Probably I should watch that. Thank you for that very intelligent response! :)
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
29 Oct 12
Indeed, the quiet ones are usually the thinkers. I hear the saying 'empty cans are noisier' which also means that a mouth that keeps talking without thinking first doesn't always use the brain. or something like that.
'still water runs deep' is also another saying how quiet people have more time to think and they think deeper than the others. People would think quiet people are boring but on the contrary they have plenty of things to talk about they just choose not to talk about it or they are too shy to say anything.
@auwielady (116)
• Philippines
29 Oct 12
Yes! Indeed, those are sayings or proverbs for quiet people. I guess you are right. Probably it's not wrong to babble and express yourself through talking. But I guess one should really think about what he or she would say before he even start to open his or her mouth. Thank you for your response! :)
@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
27 Oct 12
Sometimes those people who are blurting out everything and anything are just simply annoying to me, and no, I wouldn't want to be like them. They talk without thinking and can easily say the wrong thing at the wrong time. They are not tactful, just boisterous.
I think it's fine to sit back and watch what is happening like you do, and I don't find anything wrong with it. Most of the time, you'll learn a lot and sometimes even more than other people, just by doing that, and I've done that myself many times. You can easily size up people that way too.
I don't think you're a wallflower, I think you are more of an analyzer. 
@bestboy19 (5478)
• United States
27 Oct 12
I read once that an intelligent person is the one who listens rather than the one who is always talking.
@auwielady (116)
• Philippines
28 Oct 12
Yah, I guess that's right too! That's why a proverb says "speech is silver but silence is gold." :)
@auwielady (116)
• Philippines
27 Oct 12
Yeah, I believe I'm in the same group as well. But as social beings, we have actually no choice but to interact with the others. But I guess interacting with other human beings is still quite normal for us no matter how quiet and timid we are. Thank you for your response. :)
