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bookishghostread a post that simply said “would you kill baby Hitler, yes or no?” and unexpectedly, i found myself saying no.
it’s not that i’m a Nazi and support Hitler’s actions, but that if i were to go back in time and face a tiny tot toddler with a shitty childhood, i would break out in a cold sweat wondering how i could fix the life of this human being, not how i could end it. i wouldn’t stop anyone else from doing it. i would be impressed and grateful, even. but i couldn’t do it myself.
i don’t think this is a flaw of mine. i think it is a strength of empathy and looking for the good in people, always. but it can also be a weakness. so i’m thankful that the earth is full of unique people with a huge variety of strengths and weaknesses. i’m thankful there are doctors and firefighters and lawyers and janitors and cooks and plumbers who do the hard things i couldn’t possibly be able to handle in this lifetime. and i remain secure in the fact that there is something i can do that others can’t. i’m not entirely certain what that is yet, but i know there’s something.
it’s not that i’m a Nazi and support Hitler’s actions, but that if i were to go back in time and face a tiny tot toddler with a shitty childhood, i would break out in a cold sweat wondering how i could fix the life of this human being, not how i could end it. i wouldn’t stop anyone else from doing it. i would be impressed and grateful, even. but i couldn’t do it myself.
i don’t think this is a flaw of mine. i think it is a strength of empathy and looking for the good in people, always. but it can also be a weakness. so i’m thankful that the earth is full of unique people with a huge variety of strengths and weaknesses. i’m thankful there are doctors and firefighters and lawyers and janitors and cooks and plumbers who do the hard things i couldn’t possibly be able to handle in this lifetime. and i remain secure in the fact that there is something i can do that others can’t. i’m not entirely certain what that is yet, but i know there’s something.
