To err is human

Okay folks. Today I'm feeling a bit philosophic. I was reading my previous blog and I noticed that use the words "common mistake". That's the thing, it's a common mistake. We've all done it. That's why is it known as a common mistake. That's what being human is all about. We know this, we also know we are not perfect. We know this too but the problem is we never SEE that we are imperfect. Sigh.

The phrase "To err is human, to forgive devine", should be written as "To err is human, oh how we think we are devine". We see other people's mistake but we don't see ourselves. We see mistakes in other people's children but we believe our own children are angels. Believe me, your children are angels if and only if the parents know that their children are not perfect and need guidence and sometimes punishment. Anyway, coming back to this topic, because everyone else thinks that he/she is perfect, then there is really no way to know the truth. The truth is warped and we "defines" the truth. Meaning, since we are perfect, it is up to us to know whether this is the truth or not. Strictly speaking, it's only your opinion on whether or not it is truth. It doesn't even justify truth if 10 million people says 'yes' and only one says 'no'. Remember Copernicus? The world is ROUND. So says the ONE man. So this only gets to proof that even a single man can be right in a room of a million.

So then? How do you see your own imperfection? The answer is, you can't. That's the problem. So how to overcome this weakness? Accepting criticisms. The second problem coupled with the problem of "seeing ourselves as perfect" is "thinking that everyone else is wrong". If we see ourselves as perfect BUT can see that someone else is right, I believe that we could change for the better. Problem is, we NEVER see that someone else is right. Herein lies the problem, by seeing other people right, we see ourselves LOWER than they and so our ego can't take it. My question is, what's wrong about seeing ourselves wrong and they right? How do you judge that if they are right then how they could be HIGHER than you? The perfect God came down what more can we say to that?

So by keeping a check on our ego, I believe that it does create better people. It does makes us more humble, knowing that we are not perfect and knowing that the ones that are correct does not make them higher or any better. They are just correct in their judgement in their field. Learning to accept ones mistake is the first step, learning to accept other people's correction is the next step. Here ends my short article (didn't want to bore you too much you see).