What do you think about the saying, "well, we are only humans!"
By betterdays
@BetterDays4Me (3777)
Philippines
August 20, 2012 1:12pm CST
I'm sure you heard someone say before, "well, we are only humans!"
When you hear someone say this, how exactly do you feel? Do you think having the excuse being human or being weak a good excuse for making mistakes? Does anyone of you know where or when this saying originated?
4 responses
@CODYMAC (1356)
• San Diego, California
22 Aug 12
Hello, better days... I think it is a form of just not wanting to accept that they may have done something wrong or that someone else may have done something wrong.
It is easier to say that then to change,or to help others change, or show them how.
That is what I think...
@BetterDays4Me (3777)
• Philippines
24 Aug 12
Hi CODYMAC, yes I would says it's about ACCEPTANCE of who we are, and with acceptance follows healing and then moving on :)
@MissPiggy (1748)
• Indonesia
21 Aug 12
I would feel annoyed actually. I mean when someone uses it as an excuse for simple mistakes. Just like when a friend says "well, forget means don't remember at all" for something that they MUST remember. Like their jobs. So when someone uses "well, we are only human", then I would really love slap them in the face and say "well, I'm just human. I get annoyed easily" and then leave. 
And I think it is not about where it is originated that matters actually, as people all over the world are the same. Sometimes we would think about the same thing at the same time. So I think it is originated within the human itself. Heheh...
And I think it is not about where it is originated that matters actually, as people all over the world are the same. Sometimes we would think about the same thing at the same time. So I think it is originated within the human itself. Heheh...@BetterDays4Me (3777)
• Philippines
24 Aug 12
I agree, and I'm sure Americans as well as Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, Mongolians, Africans, Alaskans and all the other countries have their own native version of this saying. In my country, it is "tao lang ako" which means I'm only human. Now I remember the 80's song entitled "I'm only Human" flesh and blood I'm made...
@natliegleb (5173)
• India
20 Aug 12
not once but plenty of times i have heard about it ,they say because when some time we fail to achieve something beyond expectations and unparallel.those things come up ,its a natural proverb used from 1960
@BetterDays4Me (3777)
• Philippines
24 Aug 12
So I guess it's a good excuse when one makes mistakes as it reminds everyone that we are just humans...weak and easily prone to mistakes.
