You Are Not The Measure
Thursday, November 27th, 2008As humans we tend to measure people and their ways in our minds, based not on any objective view of things, but on our own inclinations and preferences. In other words, how we dress is the measure for what is “normal,” and our own customs are the “correct” ones. Essentially we tend to feel that we are the measure of all things. This tendency makes us very unpleasant at times.
I first thought about this many years ago after cleaning a house (one of 60 various jobs I’ve had) and noting how horribly (more…)