Monday, December 08, 2008
I used to think knowing was what mattered. If I know I have to study, but I choose not to, then I can't blame anyone for my poor grades. If I know that he's sorry, but I can't let go, then I'll still blame him for what he did. If I know that I should have kept my cool, but I chose not to, then it doesn't matter does it?
So what's the point of knowing then? If what matters is what I do. But it seems that what I do depends not on what I know I should do, but what I feel like doing. That sounds so impulsive, rash, immature. After all, that's what small children behave like right? They do what they please, if I recall psychology called it the Id.
So should I feel bad that person A says he knows he ought to accept my apology, but can't? What does that show? But I think more importantly, what should I do? Let things be. Since he knows what he ought to do, he will do it. But there's no guarantee.
One of life's great predicaments.
Dan
3:17 am