Thoughts on my way home.
Today while I was walking home from Ashley's house I had some time to think. One thing in particular has been continually bothering me-flaws, or well, things I see as flaws. As I muled this over I had a rather simple, but perspective-changing thought: The flaws that the people I love have actually make me love them more. I know...it's so simple! How could I have not seen it before? I've got flaws, for sure. Some are probably endearing and others are probably majorly annoying. I know that if the people I am closest to didn't have their flaws, then their perfection would annoy me. When someone puts their foot in their mouth it's sort of nice. It reminds me that we're all human. I'm sure as hell not perfect and neither are they.
So I came to this last question on the subject-Why do I expect these people to be perfect in the first place. It's unreasonable and selfish. So what if they say something that offends me, or that's annoying, or stupid, or yes, even perverted. My normal response would be to pull away from them. Yeesh, I always thought I was such a unprejudiced person. I do try my hardest not to have double standards or treat others unfairly, but here I am unconsciously doing so for my entire life. I'm just glad I've realized what I have been doing now rather than later. Thank you, John Green for your amazing book Paper Towns. It helped remind me that we are all human. And most of all thank you to the people I love who have helped me come to this conviction by pushing me to be a better person.
So I came to this last question on the subject-Why do I expect these people to be perfect in the first place. It's unreasonable and selfish. So what if they say something that offends me, or that's annoying, or stupid, or yes, even perverted. My normal response would be to pull away from them. Yeesh, I always thought I was such a unprejudiced person. I do try my hardest not to have double standards or treat others unfairly, but here I am unconsciously doing so for my entire life. I'm just glad I've realized what I have been doing now rather than later. Thank you, John Green for your amazing book Paper Towns. It helped remind me that we are all human. And most of all thank you to the people I love who have helped me come to this conviction by pushing me to be a better person.