In life,there are some people you must not meet and there
are some people you must block from your life.When the eagle begins to move with crabs,it is backwardness.
There is a principle in life you must be careful of and many
people operate under that principle.it is the principle of crabology.There are
people with the crab mentality that don't want you to rise above them.
The term “crab mentality” is used to
describe a kind of
selfish, short-sighted thinking that runs along the lines of “if I can't
have
it, neither can you.” I read a book and im shocked that even asians
understand the crab mentality.This term is especially widely used in
Asia among Filipinos, who
use the crab mentality specifically to refer to those who pull other
people down, denigrating
them rather than letting them get ahead or pursue their dreams.
This concept references an interesting phenomenon that
occurs in buckets of crabs. If one crab attempts to escape from a bucket of
live crabs, the others will pull it back down rather than allowing it to get
free. Sometimes, the crabs seem almost malicious, waiting until the crab has
almost escaped before yanking it back into the pot. All of the crabs are
undoubtedly aware of the fact that their fate is probably not going to be very
pleasurable, so people are led to wonder why they pull each other back into the
bucket instead of helping the clever escape from unfavorable circumstances.
Now look at this: "Be you not unequally
yoked with
unbeliever.what has light got to do with darkness,what has righteousness
with
unrighteousness".we all know dis verse from the bible,but many do not
see
deeply what it means.An unbeliever is deeper than religious
conotations.there
are unbelievers in the church,and there are believers who are in the
world.A muslim can be a helper to a christian,and vise versa.Listern,a
person with a crab mentality is an unbeliever.
Here are 6 signs to know those with crab mentality
1. They are too proud of themselves and treat others as
inferior beings.
You can sense a breeze of arrogance from people with crab
mentality. They feel like they have royal blood flowing in their veins, and
they treat other people as outcast.
2. They panic when they see that people are happy and
improving.
Aside from arrogance,
you can also smell envy, jealousy and bitterness from this kind of people. They
freak out when the people they look down are rising or progressing beyond them.
It gives them a terrible feeling of insecurity. That’s why they will try to
pull them down, either by harsh words or by unkind actions. You will see them
giving bitter comments on Facebook, Twitter and other social media channels
.
3. Their motto in life is “if I can’t have it, neither can
you”.
They rather wish everyone will fail than let themselves fail
while others are succeeding. They represent the the crabs in the bucket, where
the crabs can easily escape from the bucket, but instead, they grab and pull
down each other in a selfish competitive manner which prevents any of them to
escape, resulting to their collective demise. In other words, people who have a
crab mentality are selfish and they don’t have any sense of sacrifice.
4. They are full of positivity for themselves but full of
negativity for others.
They only see the good things in themselves, but they’re
blind when it comes to their negative characteristics. When it comes to how
they view other people, it becomes the opposite. They only see the bad things
of other people while they’re blind to their positive deeds. That is why
instead of appreciation, what you will get from them are nothing but negative
criticisms.
5. They spend most of their time talking about people rather
than discussing ideas and solutions.
Again, it’s because they treat people as their competitors.
Instead of thinking about the brilliant ideas and solutions that can make the
Nigeria a better country, they spend most of their time ensuring that no other
nigerian can become better than them. When our nation faces a crisis, they will
be more active in talking about how people become worthy of suffering rather
than discussing the solutions that will help people end their sufferings.
6. They don’t know a thing about compassion.
Compassion is a
great virtue that enables us to understand the feelings of other people. It
lets us walk in other people’s shoes and appreciate the lives they are living.
But people with crab mentality lack compassion. They are inconsiderate and ignorant
of the many people they are offending. They don’t care about the many hearts
they are breaking. Well, what can we expect? They only care for themselves.
I remain yours
Dipo Olatade
