Loving Your Neighbor

I have really weird, random, quirky thoughts oftentimes. One of my thoughts the other day was simply... why is there hate? What purpose does it serve really?

If we all were to adhere to the Golden Rule of treating others how you want to be treated and the commandment of love thy neighbor, why is there so much hate in the world? Why is there so much selfishness, so much prejudice, and so much anger. Why are we so quick to judge others when we do not wish to be so quickly judge ourselves? We've all been guilty of it and for some reason, we always seem to think we're better in some convoluted line of reasoning. If we are supposed love our neighbors then there would be no reason for all these divisions that we have amongst ourselves as people and yet we all subdivide ourselves within these racial, religious, and social lines.

However I do recognize that without hate, without fear, without sadness, that there cannot be love, hope, and happiness. It is as if one cannot exist without the other. There always has to be that balance and with that there cannot be recognition of the highs without knowing the lows. The happiest people I know are the ones who have been through so much in their lives, and perhaps because so, they appreciate everything that they do have and always have a smile on their face.

We learn to love from our parents. I think that perhaps that we can afford to love each other a little bit more. Maybe that will make the world that bit better of a place.

More Talks With Dad

As I get older, it seems as though these random talks with my dad become more and more intense about my future. Today he recommended me becoming a broker of some sort. I do find it kinda funny how my Vietnamese mom pushed me toward the medical fields whereas my Chinese father pushes me more toward business however I digress.

He brought up the point of working for someone versus having others work for you. His point was simple, when you work for someone, you make that person money, whereas when you work for yourself or have others work for you, you will be making the money. However, I can't seem to think that in essence you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't. If you're working for someone, you're working for the man. If you're the one being worked for, you're exploiting others.

More on this later.