To walk a mile in the other's shoes.
What does that mean?
Does it mean we have to live through another's hardships? Or could we look at both sides and see their happiness as well. To understand the other, we have to see everything in their eyes. To understand how someone can be who they are, we need to see why they are.
To walk a mile in another's shoes. Has always been said so others will realize how hard the other person's life may be. But could we apply this in any other way?
I see it as a chance to understand why someone could love their life. Even if I'm their opposite. We all have different priorities, and it's those priorities that give us the adrenaline to move on in life.
People often say, I don't understand you. But did you try to understand. Everyone is different. But I believe that if you try to understand another person, then could you see that you don't have to think like them, but understand that what they like makes them happy. There's so much missing from peoples lives.
To be understood, you have to understand.
If it makes people happy to live as a conformist. Then do so.
If people dance to a different beat. Allow them. It's their happiness, not yours. If we were all too different, our world would be in a much more dangerous, lonely state.
Difference is good. But unity is better.
Im not suggesting we all live like clones. But that one step of understanding will bring us to another level.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
HYPOCRISY
hyp⋅o⋅crite /ˈhɪpəkrɪt/ [hip-uh-krit]
–noun 1. a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
2. a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, esp. one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
Quite the touchy subject. Hypocrisy is a lot more common now in teenagers, well from what I see. From the defenition of a hypocrite it posseses quite a negative meaning. One society looks down on. Many of its synonyms aren't as pleasing either. Words like pretender or deciever accompany hypocrite in the dictionary. It's not exactly something anyone wants to be called. To be called a hypocrite isn't ideal. Under the definition and using today's more popular slang terms you may as well call the person a faker or plastic
As teenagers live by this. We don't know everything. There's many things we are undecided on. We know a little. We don't know a lot. But this learning experience is a part of life. A lot of the time, many of us will seem like one of these dreaded hypocrites. It's not as if we intend to be this fake, but as a teenager you'll wake up likeing one thing one day and by the next day you realize you don't anymore. Growing up and learning, we'll be fickle. A lot of the time being fickle may seem like being a hypocrite. We create these opinions and thoughts based on what we're told, what we hear or see from others. Sometimes many of us keep these opinions but sometimes we experience things ourselves and we change our mind. In a growing, changing society we are a different generation from those before us. Selena Gomez made quite a good point by also blogging about how a teenager will say things one day and do it the next. This. Is. Life.
Growing up during adolescence we will experiment between thoughts. We will experiment trying different fashion styles. We will experiment with different foods to find out favourite. We will experiment with friends, music, opinions even sexual orientation just to find what we like. We hunt for our individuality and as that happens we will live with hypocrisy.
Sometimes we do know what is wrong, and at the right time we will say it. But the thing is we don't always think. We live in the moment. But is it still being a hypocrite if after what we've done, we realize our mistakes?
Hypocrisy could be like changing your opinion. Or just learning from mistakes.
They do say that learning from your mistakes is the best way to embedd something into your mind.
Hypocricy is just a matter of learning. Saying what's wrong. Knowing what's wrong. Doing what's wrong. Learning from it. That is life.
–noun 1. a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
2. a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, esp. one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
Quite the touchy subject. Hypocrisy is a lot more common now in teenagers, well from what I see. From the defenition of a hypocrite it posseses quite a negative meaning. One society looks down on. Many of its synonyms aren't as pleasing either. Words like pretender or deciever accompany hypocrite in the dictionary. It's not exactly something anyone wants to be called. To be called a hypocrite isn't ideal. Under the definition and using today's more popular slang terms you may as well call the person a faker or plastic
As teenagers live by this. We don't know everything. There's many things we are undecided on. We know a little. We don't know a lot. But this learning experience is a part of life. A lot of the time, many of us will seem like one of these dreaded hypocrites. It's not as if we intend to be this fake, but as a teenager you'll wake up likeing one thing one day and by the next day you realize you don't anymore. Growing up and learning, we'll be fickle. A lot of the time being fickle may seem like being a hypocrite. We create these opinions and thoughts based on what we're told, what we hear or see from others. Sometimes many of us keep these opinions but sometimes we experience things ourselves and we change our mind. In a growing, changing society we are a different generation from those before us. Selena Gomez made quite a good point by also blogging about how a teenager will say things one day and do it the next. This. Is. Life.
Growing up during adolescence we will experiment between thoughts. We will experiment trying different fashion styles. We will experiment with different foods to find out favourite. We will experiment with friends, music, opinions even sexual orientation just to find what we like. We hunt for our individuality and as that happens we will live with hypocrisy.
Sometimes we do know what is wrong, and at the right time we will say it. But the thing is we don't always think. We live in the moment. But is it still being a hypocrite if after what we've done, we realize our mistakes?
Hypocrisy could be like changing your opinion. Or just learning from mistakes.
They do say that learning from your mistakes is the best way to embedd something into your mind.
Hypocricy is just a matter of learning. Saying what's wrong. Knowing what's wrong. Doing what's wrong. Learning from it. That is life.
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