Of Ostritches and Men.....

I first came across this phrase when i was in primary school. It was taught to me by my father. Directly translated from Mandarin it was be known as 'Ostritch Spirit' or 'Ostritch Behaviour' depending on the preference of the translator. Now what exactly does the term mean you say? Well it is technically ather similar to what i mentioned in the my previous post yet in a opposite direction tho. The previous theory explains how a person would choose to see a scenario from 1 single biased perspective. This theory basically explains how a person refuses to acknowledge the presence of a problem in the first place. There are many different behaviour traits that these ostritch/human hybrids can possess, Such as:

1) Refusal to acknowledge the presence of a problem no matter how obvious or severe the implications are to the person or the people around him.
2) Refusal to acknowledge that it is any part of his resposibility (May start pointing fingers as a result) As the saying goes blame people, blame society blame the whole world except oneself.
3) In event of conflict with another party, may constantly attempt to convince himself and the whole world that he has done all he can (when in actual fact he may have been walking in circles) and that the 'ball is no longer in his court'. In actual fact the 'ball' may have always been in his court but he just refuses to see it.
4) Upon reaching a milestone of his life (birthday, new year, xmas, etc...) will once again try to reinforce that all the resposibilities he has evaded was justifiable by saying statements such as 'i have no regrets during the past year' 'I was following my beliefs'. Sadly.... the more you repeat statements like that to yourself... you will eventually be convinced that it is true even if it is the exact opposite.

There are actually quite a number of other possible examples that i could state but i guess everyone has a rather clear picture by now. The irony is that i myself have been guilty of some of the above actions in the past. But at least i am honest about being dishonest.... I guess we can only work hard in trying to face realiy. Which is definately not the case for some people i know that seem to feel extremely comfortable with their head buried in the soil.... oh well!