Dark Mirror

Ever encounter people in life who you just didn't like? Yeah, I think we all do. But has it ever happened when, looking at one of these people, you got the eerie feeling that you were looking into a kind of dark mirror? As if this person were somehow a dark reflection of yourself, with all your bad qualities amplified beyond all proportion, and all your good qualities stifled into oblivion?

I get that feeling sometimes. It's unsettling.

Dishonest. Insincere. Totally self-absorbed. Belittling of EVERYONE else but themselves. Arrogant. Insecure. Wont to say hurtful things and not ever notice (or care) how such comments affect others. Manipulative. Close-minded.

Had an unpleasant encounter today with someone with all of these aforementioned qualities. I'm not usually one for confrontations, but this time this person just went too far. Despite this person's protests to the contrary, I don't see how their comments could have been meant in any way but a malicous one. It was just rude.

Then again, I've found this person to be rude overall. And it's not just me - others have also commented on this as well.

And yet, sometimes, I get this strange feeling... this feeling that maybe there isn't all that much difference between me and them. That maybe, it's all just a matter of degree. I mean, I like to kid around. I poke fun at others, and myself. I can be stubborn at times, and contrary. So I ask myself, here and now - am I as deluded as this person? Am I as unaware of my actions, and how it might affect others? Am I like them?

That thought scares me. (-_-)