Holy Sheepsh...

It!!! Two entries in a month! wow... I must be sick or something... Actually, I have been dealing with a bout of 拉肚子, for those of you who don't know, basically mean 'the shits'.. Anyway... enough of that... What I want to talk about today is something I touched on last week.... I was talking about my attitude and things that I struggle with when dealing with people. Today, I want to focus on this a little more.
Basically, the deal is this... I will sometimes run into situations that I either don't understand, or I don't agree with. Sometimes, it is a belief or idea that I strongly disagree with. I could give examples, but it really doesn't matter about the topic. The pattern is basically the same, but the outcome always falls into one of three categories...
1. I am wrong, and they are right.
1a. I am wrong because the way that life is experienced in this country is remarkably different from what I have become accustomed to back home, and what they say is true and what I think is false.
1b. I am just wrong, and I would be wrong whether I am here or back home
2. I am right, but it doesn't matter.
2a. It is a situation where I can relate to experience that I have had before, and I can say that what they are doing or saying is wrong, but it doesn't matter because the situation will run its course anyway. The issue may be one of which that no one would care much about the consequence besides myself.
2b. It is a situation where I experience something in life that I chalk up as 'douchiness' on the part of the Chinese person, this usually happens when I am out in the street.
3. I am right no matter how you look at it.


Lets examine these a bit more... as far as #1, most Chinese people are forgiving toward me when I make mistakes, perhaps I should be forgiving to them as well.  As far as 2, and 3 are concerned, I guess the proper attitude that I should take is that people (individually and collectively) should be allowed to make mistakes. When the mistakes happen, people may react to them. Sometimes, people learn from them. Other times, they don't learn, but they work around the patterns that are created by repeating the same mistakes.
Well, I hope this doesn't come off as arrogant.