A Monotonous Yet Somewhat Meritorious Life: Why do we reject the things we clearly want?

Friday, August 14, 2009

Why do we reject the things we clearly want?

Why do we reject the things we clearly want? Like someone offers you candy. You clearly want it, so then why do you force yourself to reject the offer anyways? Is it pride? Self-image?

3 comments:

Fang Yi said...: I don't. I take the candy.; August 15, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Eric said...: I reject the candy because I don't want the candy.; August 16, 2009 at 12:53 PM
Anonymous said...: What are you talking about? If it's a gift, take it!; August 18, 2009 at 5:37 PM