last night, i thought of patheity, and what exactly makes something pathetic.
i thought about how having the thought itself does not make something pathetic, but whether or not the thought is executed.
then, the deciding factor in what makes a person pathetic or not is whether or not he/she can recognize the patheity of the thought before its execution.
it's not abnormal to think about wanting to talk to someone who has ignored you for 4 months; it is pathetic, though, when you send her multiple messages hoping that she answers.
this thought recognized as pathetic and dismissed, would be within normalcy.
apart from the fact that patheity is a non-issue amongst animals, the ability to recognize something as pathetic is one of the things that separate us from animals.
being a human being, then, why is it so easy to completely repudiate my ability to recognize patheity and allow it?