Most would probably assess themselves as a pretty decent human, but I wonder if we were able to follow ourselves around for a few years and look objectively at the way we behave, would we still have the same opinion? If someone else acted exactly the same as me, would I respect them?
This is a question I keep asking myself in different forms. And most often, my answer is the same as yours: no. We’re not perfect. Even when we try to look at our actions from the outside — as if they were someone else’s — we still tend to soften the “blows” or overlook the details. Or, on the contrary, sometimes we become too harsh on ourselves. That’s probably more my case. I’m more likely to forgive a small lie in someone else than my own cowardice or silence. But is that right? Doesn’t it break one’s character, then the environment, and eventually the world around me — for the worse? That’s the second question that comes to me after yours… And I could keep going like this for a long time. :)
I am similar I think.
Yeah, I think it does. However, personally, I would rather err on the side of giving people the benefit of the doubt, than calling out all their shit to the point that I am ignoring my own - which I think is the normal order of life today.