Sweetness Yes...Pomposity No

[Photo: Detail from a painting on the side of a grocery store on Commercial Drive Vancouver]. I am not a lover of pomposity. "Affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn,
or self-important"...is the internet's definition of the adjective "pompous". It seems
recently...I've been exposed to too much of this unlikeable trait some human beings
manifest. I've seen and heard it coming...from two mc's at a multi-cultural gathering
...a poet at a literary arts festival...a tv anchor person...[actually more than one of those]...and on several other occasions. Why do some people choose to be pompous?...is it to make up for a great insecurity?...is it from a blindness to how people on the receiving end of it...are irritated by it?. Just caught myself...maybe not all at the receiving end of it think it's silly...maybe some people are impressed by it...who knows?. Anyway...one reason why I like the Dalai Lama...is he is the opposite of pompous...with his ever present chuckle...as if he sees through the silly side of being in such a lofty position. It is the sweet and gentle people of the world who impress me...people who just let the sweetness inside of themselves...just flow out into the world...without any need to try to magnify their own importance. Long live the sweet people of the world................Quester.