know-it-all

 

He who talks a lot knows little.

I have not met every kind of person in this world to say that I have seen the best and the worst of people. But of course with 24 years of existence, I have had my fair share of those people who always tops my list as irritating - the know-it-all, there are relatives, close friends and of course a bulk of acquaintances. I have been one my self in a certain period of time. I learned my lesson the hard way, don’t we all?!.

They act as if they are always “IN” with the latest issues and/or gossips, be it political or apolitical or non-political. They always wants to be involved in every conversation, hence, making them the the core of the circle. They always just had to have something to say in every topic of conversation, sounding as if an authority and expert and who could forget someone claiming to be the only perfect person in the planet or one among the likes of the gods. They always give unsolicited advice and opinion over everything under the sun. They never accept defeat or admit their wrong, but in order to escape the humiliation, they plainly retaliate by making humor out of it or changes the topic or says ‘that’s your opinion, but I’m bunking on my stand, no truce.’ They try to get away with everything without much of a hassle. They are sore losers. When told of this bad habbit of being tagged as ‘know-it-all’, they either dismiss the idea as lame or reason out that they are just misunderstood. 

They just want to belong. There is always a phase in our life when we would want to create a new self whenever we are in a new crowd, not just blend in but rather stand out. They are not really that bad. They have got pure hearts for people they love. They are firm and decisive. They keep the balance of a lively conversation and life in general. They teach us to understand them and not to be like them. They are indeed oftentimes unaccepted and unloved for being misunderstood. 

They just need a lot of growing up. Maturity comes not only with age but also experience. What makes one an authority or expert on the matter of living life in general? We are all sinners, I’d like to correct that, I should say, none of us is perfect. Even those who have become wise through their years of experience had their own misfortunes and mistakes. I am not really trying to justify their existence in our society and environment but rather I am trying to understand their role and purpose as human beings. Each and every one of us is created differently, from every strand of hair up to our building blocks of DNA with the exception of course of identical twins but besides no twins are perfectly identical as to personality, intelligence, achievement and purpose, right, it is impossible. Although everything is possible with God, the possibilities of the surprises life has to offer are but puzzles pieces that makes us whole, which we just have to discover sooner or later or never by choice or by chance. The gravity of brain-wrecking, boiling-blood-causing and body-shaking irritating end-result and effect of one know-it-all is just part of the fair game of life. Live with it.