The Siamese Fighting
Fish, also known as a Betta fish is a beautifully colored fish that one might
think is docile based on its appearance but this is not true. This fish is
quite combative, hence the name, with other fish that it perceives to be a
threat to it or its food supply. I can see the way it attacks its food when I
put some in at night. It just goes to show that appearances can be quite
deceiving. In people, we the smiling teeth, but we do not see the heart. We see
the helping hand, but we may not see the dagger in the other.
It has been said that to
really know someone, you should look at their back yard and not be misled by
their front yard. Most people are not real; they are propped up by the false
images they seek to create for someone else or for themselves. One can see the
smiling teeth but one cannot look deep enough with the eyes to see the heart.
The truth is we are often disappointed if we go beyond the superficial. Maybe
that is why so many of us don’t willingly go there. We want to see the neon and
the pretty lights of the city, but we don’t want to look to close and see the
desolate streets, the emptiness and loneliness of what lies beneath.
