January 21, 2009

• Another round of random thoughts.
  
  The only times you really look at something is the first time and the last time you see it. 
  
  Interpret the behavior of others charitably.  If you don’t understand what it is someone is doing, think it is a good thing for a good reason rather than a bad thing for a bad reason.  For it is better to mistakenly think that someone is good when they are in fact bad than to mistakenly think that someone is bad when they are in fact good.  This way if there is good in the world, you will be sure to appreciate it.
  
  The longer you live the less it becomes up to you who to be.  People begin to expect you to be how you have been in the past.  Thus, it is good to do many different things so that you widen the range of how people expect you to be.
  
  A person may claim they are weak when really they are lazy, or claim to be lazy when really they are weak.
  
  We rate people, that is, how they act, against a standard we hold in our heads.  But the actuality of their decision was amidst different options that they had in their head, which you know nothing about.  Some decisions are more laudable than others, but we do not know when this is because we do not know the options and considerations that were involved. 
  
  When you see a person you don’t know, it seems like they could be anybody.  But once you get to know them, eventually you can not imagine them being any other way.
  
  I had a pretty funny day today, but I am being unproductive.  I think I will go read a book.  Everyone have a great night!
  

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