Journal#11

"Familiarity breeds contempt." --Aesop

The more familiar we are with someone, the more things we will ignore between us.

For example when we are with our parents, it is ok to say anything or do anything, because we are so familiar with each other, and we are used to the ways that we get along with each other. Gradually, we find more and more disadvantages of parents, we always feel shamed when they do something wrong. We always have no patient to teach them one thing again and again. Sometimes when we see someone else’s parents do something, we will think it would be good if our parents do the same thing to us. We always see things that they do insufficiently rather than to see all the things they gave us.

Also, when we make friends, the long we get along with one person, the more drawbacks we will find from him/her. Sometimes, at last, we will think this person is not worthy to be friend with.

Because nobody is perfect, we always can find shortcomings from one person. We will find more if we get along with him/her for a long time. This is why we may have contempt for people that we are familiar with.