Journal #6

-Paradoxical Commandment-

“People are illogical, unreasonable and self-centred; love them anyway”. I have to agree with this statement. Some people in the world are illogical, unreasonable and self-centered. Its apart of life. It can not be changed or else we would not be true. Not every individual is all three of these characteristics, but each may show in different ways a component of the characteristics. Depending on the way you were raised as a young child you may be more like, or farther from the characteristics of illogical, unreasonable and self-centred. I was taught to be reasonable and not to focus everything on myself, although sometimes I can show characteristics of being unreasonable and self-centered. My parents told me not to judge people on their flaws and to love them anyway. This supports this paradoxical commandment. Flaws can bring out things in people which you begin to admire and respect. Not everyone is perfect, we all have flaws, but those flaws are apart of whom we are. We do not all have the same flaws, that is why each individual is different. We are to find love in them and accept them for what they are.