We all have character/personality flaws, that's a given. I have them, you and everyone has them. Show me someone who's perfect (other than Jesus) and I'll show you a liar because none of us are perfect. Even though no one's perfect, that's no excuse for basking in your character/personality flaws. Some people take pride in the fact that they're mean/vindictive; you can call them on it until you're blue in the face and they'll still continue acting stupid. I look down on those kind of people and avoid them like the plague. There's nothing good about being difficult to get along with. If you have issues with everyone you meet, maybe the issue is YOU, not them. You need to work on yourself (I'm talking to myself just the same). Case in point, someone's ignorant and makes stereotypical statements with no remorse. They are called on their foolish statements but they reply with "This is me, get over it." That's flaw and further shows your personality flaw. Thank goodness MOST people aren't foul like that. My view is that if you have a major personality/character flaw, fix it and keep moving. No sense in growing up to be an old fool. Some of these so-called adults need to grow up. Act your age and not your shoe size. The more people show their true colors, the more confirmation of my decision to stay to myself because I don't like flaw people. I guess that's why I prefer to hang with older people because older people have a lot more sense than people my age. Older folks have more life experience & wisdom that younger people don't have. I'm the last of a dying breed; meaning if someone gives me constructive criticism to help me improve, I make the adjustments. See how simple that was?
There will be some flaws that can't be fixed but their presence must be reduced and when those flaws do show up, they should be acknowledged, apologized for, and worked on still. It is a shame that people have become arrogant about their flaws, like its a badge of honor. They would rather feel good about them than fix them and that it a problem for sure. My fix is to be humble. People can accept your flaws when you are humble and you can recognize your character flaws when you are humble. People are more willing to help you when you are humble. Attitude is everything.
ReplyDeleteYou said a mouthful. Character flaws can be fixed but like you said, they have to be acknowledged, not worn like a badge of honor. For example, the B word: There was a time where women used to get fighting mad when a man called them out their name but now they've worn it as a badge of honor by creating positive acronyms. That's the foolishness I'm referring to.
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