did you know that...?
keeping it true to my latest obsession, i am writing this post. please read on because this is not just physics stuff...mendeleev, that guy you have to blame for the ugly periodic table hung above your chemistry lab, was labeled as eccentric and downright absurd during his time that despite his genius, he got booted off from being chair of the chemistry department his university, called by many names by his colleagues and never even been cited for the nobel. why? if you may ask...because he believed in what he does and has strong faith in what he knows.
you can very rarely see a man of character like our ol' man mendeleev. most succumb to the pressure of being labeled that they'd rather change who they are than to just dismiss what others would say to them. that's what i don't understand about people...how they can trivialize others to words such as ugly, rich, fat, sexy, stud, what-have-you's. what they fail to realize is that by doing so, they, quintessentially are reducing a human being to nothing but statistics. and believe me when i say that we are more than what we perceive us to be. i believe that our potential is limitless. hence the reason why i don't take someone seriously when they are trying to describe anybody. because more often than not, they fail. and miserably at that.
if you'd ask me how i will describe myself, i'd answer: i simply am.
by the way, medeleev got the recognition and honor he deserved. at his death, students followed his funeral procession with raised periodic tables.
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