I’m a firm believer that both nature and nurture strongly influence a person’s character. Our genes may determine our character to some degree, but for most of us, our personality and values are further shaped as we are growing up by our life experiences and role models.
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Kids often idolize professional athletes. Being talented, physically fit, rich, and famous is appealing to many, but especially to impressionable young people.
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How many times do we condemn or agree before hearing the other side of a story? How many times do we stand accused of not listening carefully? How many times do we misinterpret or misunderstand a gesture, a word, an intention? Why do we assume that we know so much about other people’s lives even though we clearly do not? And, even if we did, why do we think we know what’s best when it comes to how others should live their lives?
Through our cumulative experiences in life, the figurative spectacles through which we see the world become tainted. We, unlike small children, lose the ability to see all things as they are. Instead, we see things through our tainted lenses and think we know best.
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