Showing Restraint

How often do people show restraint?  This is a question I ask myself.  I believe that it is human nature to show restraint.  People are often hampered by the idea of speaking their mind.  They don't want to offend anybody or embarrass themselves.  They feel that being banal is the safer way to go about their lives.  But why walk on egg-shells? 



Those who are innocuous aren't always the nicest people, nor does it mean that they're not dangerous.  Sometimes the most dangerous person can appear to be insipid.  Think about when you are in an argument, perhaps with someone of significance or even a stranger.  Do they shut themselves away?  Or do they continue the confrontation?  There is always a time and a place and we all know this.  However, letting loose can be beneficial.

Sometimes though, our actions are impeded by consequences.  We know drinking and driving is wrong, yet we still do so.  Other times we know that battery is wrong, but justify it by coming to the realization that it ought to happen; that person deserved what was coming to them.  People deserve a lot of things.  People deserve the benefit of the doubt sometimes.  Others cannot be as strong, as smart, as creative or witty.  So those who fall below need to be treated accordingly.  Unsettling isn't it.   Showing restraint keeps the weak strong and the strong weak.