Thursday, May 6, 2010

Day 18- Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

I really like the following quote. The picture is nice, too, but the quote is something that I think every one should strive to remember. I often forget and-- I'll be quite honest; sometimes I don't care depending on the person. If I were to get any quote tattooed on me, this would be the one.

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8 comments:

  1. but wouldn't that make you a hypocrite?
    i mean, it's great your honest; but ignoring when you pick and choose and having a quote would be like lying.

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  2. i wouldn't call her a liar; but it does make her seem slightly fickle.
    I personally, would rather someone be a jerk ALL the time than to pick and choose when they are going to be compassionate.
    But regardless of MY views; she still isn't lying. She even owned up to not always following the quote. So stfu.

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  3. Oops, I guess I didn't delete the comment... It was just meant for a this post, not the other one. :p

    SO, let me explain for this one:

    I forget this quote all too often. The area between being nice and being mean is grey. While there is definitely a point where things are absolutely nice or absolutely mean, there are many actions that aren't such. I could always be nicer than I am. THAT is what I meant by saying that I don't always follow this quote.

    But when I said, "...sometimes I don't care depending on the person," I was referring to being nice to certain people. I wouldn't say that I am "picking and choosing" who I am mean to, because it's generally not a conscious decision. I don't look at a person and say, "Hey, I'm going to be mean to him." I am NEVER mean to people for no reason. So in that sense, I am not picking and choosing. I AM however, occasionally mean to certain people that I have a strong disapproval of. That disapproval can range from a dislike, to someone who incites anger in me, to someone who just happened to piss me off, etc. (The latter reason usually just ends up with me being mean for an instant and then getting over the situation.)
    I like this quote, but I don't always remember it. And as I said, with some people, I just don't care. Yes, we all have our hardships, but if you expect me to be kind to someone who is a bad person (like Charles Manson) through and through, you can forget about it. There are some actions which I consider to be unforgivable and while serial killing is an extreme, there are also other, more minute (in comparison to that example) offenses that will cause me to react in a negative manner.

    I said that everyone needs to keep that quote in mind because there are some people who are never even given a chance because of how they dress, or what they look like, or what they believe in. The reason people need to remember this quote is because of the simple fact that, just because someone isn't like you, it doesn't mean that they aren't a good person and that they aren't suffering in some way.

    I am a firm believer that there is an exception to every rule, as a matter of fact, I literally just made that my FaceBook status right before I checked my Blogger. My exception to this quote are the bad people of the world; the people who intentionally hurt others, the people who are willing to be dishonest and deceiving in order to get ahead in life, the people who see someone that needs help and keep walking. The list goes on, but I hope you get where I'm coming from now.

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  4. you do mean in the real world of course? as in post high school.
    because there are actions that (on a lesser scale) are practiced pseudo-religiously in middle and high schools. There are some actions that happen in schools everywhere but no matter how bad they are it doesn't determine what KIND of person someone is. Even the most seemingly 'evil' action has some root in misguidance, fear and pain. Girls seem to fall prey to this more than boys do.

    -L

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  5. I absolutely mean in the real world. I've been out of high school for two years now (which means that this blog and my response to it were written after high school.)

    I must say that I disagree with you, though. I think that actions DO determine what kind of a person you are. While the motivations behind the actions are somewhat important, the action itself speaks volumes about a person.

    Out of "misguidance", "fear", and "pain", I think that the only one reason that can be justified is misguidance. A person who was never taught to be kind will not know to be kind. But a person who is afraid to be kind, or someone who is not kind because they are hurting are just being weak.

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  6. sorry to butt into a conversation but what is your stance on behaving in ways that showcase what peers or society has taught them to do in social settings is a weakness as well?

    but i do agree, those two influences showcase are great internal weakness. that's why when i see that is the motivation behind someone wronging me i try to nurture instead of judge and persecute.
    at one point i thought someone was just mean/horrible and nearly psychotic because of what they did to someone i cared about but then i realized they spent so much time trying to please everyone, and were scared to be who they truly were. they ended up looking like a monster and i had the wrong idea about them for years.

    i find your stance on this matter very well thought out :)
    you're intellectual and logical but seemingly compassionate. All wonderful traits to possess but sadly most people lack one or another.

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  7. If I understand your question correctly, then I believe I answered it already when I said that misguidance is the only justifiable reasoning out of the three that I was given. If that action is the only thing that the person learned, then they cannot be blamed. Not knowing to question what you've learned is naivety at best and neither lack of knowledge nor naivety are weakness.

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