There's Something Wrong with Everybody

Each person sees their own opinions and way of life as true and correct, and they view other's opinions at various levels of wrong. Think about five people you know and list a few things about each person that you find annoying or silly or ignorant.

Now consider this. There is also something about you that other people don't like. Fortunately, friends or lovers usually look past these things about you they find distasteful, but I wonder what they are?

Sometimes we know what it is about ourselves that others don't like. Sometimes we don't have a clue. Clues? Enemies and frienemies often tell us flat out. Friends usually joke about them.

When I was a little boy I would sometimes talk about a new toy, or show picture I had drawn, or tell a story that would make me feel good, and it was sometimes met with criticism and negative reactions. Why do people enjoy bringing other people down? Because it's fun?

One time when I was 5-years-old I ran outside with a big bowl of popcorn and tried to share it with the neighbor children, and they conspired to grab fist fulls and throw it in the air and dump the bowl at my feet. Why did those little bastards do that?

Was there something about me that they didn't like? They probably enjoyed the reaction. I enjoy getting reactions out of people sometimes.

However, the real trick is finding the parts of ourselves which actually need adjustment, and then change those things.

Are we lazy? Are we insincere? Are we egotistical? Are we selfish? What are some of the things about ourselves which really could use some attention? If we figured those things out could we fix them?

Is there something about myself that needs fixing?

Naaaaaaah!

-Wade