A man can do much more when not weighed down by himself, and if you want to call his self his sin, then I'm not sure I could say you are wrong.
The self is a noble thing that can do much, but only when not encumbered by it's own doubt and lack of full perspective.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
To be back
I will write again!
Yes, looking back over my blog, as brief and recent as it has been, I'd like to think my writing is going to make more sense now. After all, I'd like to learn to write for other people, not just myself.
I can wirte my opinions down, this one's been on my mind and definitely needs some thinking through.
Opinions, in and of themselves, are often offensive to me. The online dictionary describes it as a belief or judgment that rests on insufficient grounds to express complete certainty. I guess where I get most offended by is when people even seemingly have insufficient grounds to have an opinion. Which is tough, cause that exact phrase is already in the definition. But the contradiction comes when people express it with complete certainty. Yes, I know that the only time one gets believed is when they put on that confident air about them, and I know that those people may genuinely believe it, but I trust them, and when they were wrong, they were wrong for both of us.
I'm not going to judge anyone though. I know that, I too, frequently, put up the front that I know more about a topic then I actually do, writing is my best way of sorting that info out, mostly so I'm not to blame when someone believes my bad idea. I mean, the paper isn't going to hold my bad idea against me.
So, opinions. They are far too often defensive as well, where a person's opinions form based on the life they want to live. If you have an opinion on something, is it because it is based on everything you've learned, or everything you want to believe? If it is based on what you've learned, how can you say you've learned it all? How can you say you will ever learn it all? And if it is based on what you want to believe, how can you trust yourself to decide what is best for you?
I guess, you won't ever learn if you are never wrong, but hey, there would certainly be no reason to learn anything if you were never wrong. But anyway, maybe that's why I hate going to school? I would much rather pretend I'm right than actually have to put the effort into learning and, God forbid, maybe even being wrong again. How unfortunate that would be!
My opinions are based on me being always right. Not just me having the correct information, but also on the fact that even still, I can never have all the correct information. That's just how it is, an opinion is where you put your efforts and, I guess, you'll never put your efforts into something that can so easily be... completely wrong! I struggle with that; I try to put a reason behind my laziness, maybe it's just because I've found I can't even trust my own opinions anyway? I mean, no one hesitates to tell a guy like me he's wrong (hence my fear that I sound crazy to you) they are just much more willing to believe their own opinions than mine.
I struggle with that as well, trusting anyone else's opinion, I know that there are plenty of people who have collected way more data in way more areas, but I still can't convince myself to believe them. All the people who talk without any clue what they are talking about have ruined my trust for the one's who do, I guess I'm the one who has to step out and test everything; hold on to what is good. It's all on my shoulders, and I would like for you to be there when I am wrong, the only thing that's worse than being wrong, is being wrong alone.
Especially since no one will believe you when you tell them what you learned from it afterwards!
Yes, looking back over my blog, as brief and recent as it has been, I'd like to think my writing is going to make more sense now. After all, I'd like to learn to write for other people, not just myself.
I can wirte my opinions down, this one's been on my mind and definitely needs some thinking through.
Opinions, in and of themselves, are often offensive to me. The online dictionary describes it as a belief or judgment that rests on insufficient grounds to express complete certainty. I guess where I get most offended by is when people even seemingly have insufficient grounds to have an opinion. Which is tough, cause that exact phrase is already in the definition. But the contradiction comes when people express it with complete certainty. Yes, I know that the only time one gets believed is when they put on that confident air about them, and I know that those people may genuinely believe it, but I trust them, and when they were wrong, they were wrong for both of us.
I'm not going to judge anyone though. I know that, I too, frequently, put up the front that I know more about a topic then I actually do, writing is my best way of sorting that info out, mostly so I'm not to blame when someone believes my bad idea. I mean, the paper isn't going to hold my bad idea against me.
So, opinions. They are far too often defensive as well, where a person's opinions form based on the life they want to live. If you have an opinion on something, is it because it is based on everything you've learned, or everything you want to believe? If it is based on what you've learned, how can you say you've learned it all? How can you say you will ever learn it all? And if it is based on what you want to believe, how can you trust yourself to decide what is best for you?
I guess, you won't ever learn if you are never wrong, but hey, there would certainly be no reason to learn anything if you were never wrong. But anyway, maybe that's why I hate going to school? I would much rather pretend I'm right than actually have to put the effort into learning and, God forbid, maybe even being wrong again. How unfortunate that would be!
My opinions are based on me being always right. Not just me having the correct information, but also on the fact that even still, I can never have all the correct information. That's just how it is, an opinion is where you put your efforts and, I guess, you'll never put your efforts into something that can so easily be... completely wrong! I struggle with that; I try to put a reason behind my laziness, maybe it's just because I've found I can't even trust my own opinions anyway? I mean, no one hesitates to tell a guy like me he's wrong (hence my fear that I sound crazy to you) they are just much more willing to believe their own opinions than mine.
I struggle with that as well, trusting anyone else's opinion, I know that there are plenty of people who have collected way more data in way more areas, but I still can't convince myself to believe them. All the people who talk without any clue what they are talking about have ruined my trust for the one's who do, I guess I'm the one who has to step out and test everything; hold on to what is good. It's all on my shoulders, and I would like for you to be there when I am wrong, the only thing that's worse than being wrong, is being wrong alone.
Especially since no one will believe you when you tell them what you learned from it afterwards!
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