Oh yes I do, I just find myself saying that often — “I don’t understand people” or “What is wrong with people” — grrr. I do understand people and I understand what motivates them and I find people’s desires and/or ego get in the way of doing what is best for them, or doing the right thing too much these days. Sadly, there is a prevalence of the “It’s all about me” attitude, not to mention impulsiveness these days.
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What I don’t understand is why people don’t use sense more… you know, use the brain God gave them. I was going to say ‘their sense’ but I suppose a lot of people do not have any sense, don’t really value logic, and are too lazy to use their brain. Well I suppose this all goes toward impulsiveness too but for years (since I worked in retail in the late 90s, really) I have noticed that people are really freaking lazy, especially about thinking and figuring things out, and would rather have someone else do even their brain-work for them on even those most basic of tasks. It is really tragic and I think this is what has led to too many of our social problems, the poor economy being one aspect. Too many of us are more than happy to be led down a treacherous path without really thinking about the consequences of our desires…all because we would rather not put our brain to use or haven’t developed the capacity. It is easier to let someone, or even ourselves, feed us what we want to hear (feed our egos), like: “You deserve it” or “You can do it” or “You should have it” or “You are the best” to “You are always right”…positive bullshit that blinds and inhibits the use of sense and logic. I suppose it is painful to think about practicalities, about negative aspects of anything so just keep your rose-colored glasses on, put your brain on neutral, and sit back and enjoy the ride…
or should I say, enjoy the crashing and burning?
and taking others down with you…
its like drunk driving…its all about me me me, pleasure,and having no sense at all.
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