You Would Do The Same

You criticize the politician for approving a law that denies basic human rights for some people. You watch a fellow dog mom neglecting her puppies and leaving them inside the hot car. You complain about the lineup decisions of your favorite sports team's head coach. You demonize that billionaire tech bro because he is filthy rich and should be donating more of his money to good causes.

And you think that you’d always do the right thing if you were in politics. You assert that you’d do a better job as a dog owner. You would have chosen this player over that one in the starting lineup. You would give most of your money away to charity if you were that rich. Yeah right.

You would do things differently? Is that so?

I have made this mistake many times. And I keep doing it. I watch someone else do something and then think, “If I was that person, I would do it this way or that way.”

But the reality is that both you and I would do exactly the same things those people are doing if we were them.

Just think about it.