By Elliot Doomes, September 19, 2019 — I remember when I was a small child. One day, I ran home crying because my friend promised me that he would share with me as I shared with him, but he never does.
My mother sat me down and said to me, if you expect people to treat you like you treat them, you’ll have a very unhappy childhood.
That statement stuck with me for a while and then soon forgotten. Even today, I still get taken in by other people’s promises, “Lend me a couple of dollars, I’ll pay you back in full on Thursday.” “Oh, okay. I’ll come back on Thursday.” That was about two months ago and Thursday hasn’t come yet! I had one person tell me he would meet me at a designated spot and he even gave me a time! I was foolish enough to go to that spot and waited and waited and he still never showed up. And I realized that I couldn’t be angry at the individual. I was angry at myself. I guess that’s all part of my human imperfections.
One day, I read a wise person who made this statement, “If you keep doing the same thing and expecting different results, then you are insane or just a plain fool.” I examined this statement and tried to understand how it applied to me. And this is my conclusion: Being human, I am subjected to faults and fallacies, therefore, I may do foolish things, but I’m no fool. I’m just human. All human beings and that’s not just me, have faults and fallacies. Those imperfections are what make us human. I’m not insane and by no means am I am a fool.