Running With Scissors Part 2
There are a bevy of directions I could go with this title. What comes to the forefront today is personal responsibility. I can understand the constant reminder to little children to walk when carrying a sharp instrument. After all, children need to be instructed on the do’s and don’ts so thy can grow up to take care of themselves. Good parents provide the building blocks that allow children to grow up and take make their way in the world. It is the children that are not provided the solid foundations that are the future members of the scissor’s hurdle team.
As an adult, I continue to puzzle over why people refuse to be responsible. I can see from a child’s standpoint that a little lie will keep you out of the immediate path of trouble. But one of the lessons that should be carried out of childhood is that little lies turn into big lies and big lies create big problems. Being honest might hurt in the short term but it stops the long term effects from mushrooming into a massive explosion. Being honest also keeps relationships from suffering the pain of living through the lies. Lies are the biggest destroyer of trust between two people. Even a little lie erodes the foundation on which a relationship is built. Enough erosion and you have nothing but lies at the heart of the matter.
Maybe it is the inability of children to get over the selfish I want what I want, when I want it behavior. Some people are only out for themselves. I guess you could call it immaturity. They refuse to see the path of destruction that results from protecting only themselves. When you combine selfish behavior with other basic human failings like greed you end up with a society of people who covet what their neighbors have and are willing to do just about anything to get it. We have become a nation that runs with scissors but refuses to acknowledge that we were using our feet. It was the scissors fault that I was injured, not the fact that I was careless. You can hear it again and again when you listen to how the news is presented. You hear about the gun that killed or the SUV that caused the crash and never the gunman or the driver. There are people behind the instruments. Inanimate objects tend to stay inanimate. It is only in the hands of people do they gain the ability to do harm.
So maybe maturity is when a person accepts that they are responsible for their actions. When they face the reality of the situations they create instead of searching for someone else to take the blame. It may not be 100% of the time but a mature person will act in a manner that demonstrates that they understand that there are consequences to every action. Maybe it is the acceptance that you must face the adverse price when you cause harm to others or to yourself. Heavy.
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Cobb
As an adult, I continue to puzzle over why people refuse to be responsible. I can see from a child’s standpoint that a little lie will keep you out of the immediate path of trouble. But one of the lessons that should be carried out of childhood is that little lies turn into big lies and big lies create big problems. Being honest might hurt in the short term but it stops the long term effects from mushrooming into a massive explosion. Being honest also keeps relationships from suffering the pain of living through the lies. Lies are the biggest destroyer of trust between two people. Even a little lie erodes the foundation on which a relationship is built. Enough erosion and you have nothing but lies at the heart of the matter.
Maybe it is the inability of children to get over the selfish I want what I want, when I want it behavior. Some people are only out for themselves. I guess you could call it immaturity. They refuse to see the path of destruction that results from protecting only themselves. When you combine selfish behavior with other basic human failings like greed you end up with a society of people who covet what their neighbors have and are willing to do just about anything to get it. We have become a nation that runs with scissors but refuses to acknowledge that we were using our feet. It was the scissors fault that I was injured, not the fact that I was careless. You can hear it again and again when you listen to how the news is presented. You hear about the gun that killed or the SUV that caused the crash and never the gunman or the driver. There are people behind the instruments. Inanimate objects tend to stay inanimate. It is only in the hands of people do they gain the ability to do harm.
So maybe maturity is when a person accepts that they are responsible for their actions. When they face the reality of the situations they create instead of searching for someone else to take the blame. It may not be 100% of the time but a mature person will act in a manner that demonstrates that they understand that there are consequences to every action. Maybe it is the acceptance that you must face the adverse price when you cause harm to others or to yourself. Heavy.
Icool
Cobb
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