My Second Blog! How I met your Mother

So, I am not sure if we are suppose to watch these episodes in order. But it is easy to tell the entire story line, so I went ahead and jumped to Season 4 episode 11 "The Platinum Rule". I like the entire moral of the story. So often in life we are bound to make decisions. Those decisions have consequences, the consequences can either be good or bad.
In this particular episode, Ted is about to go on a date with his clinic nurse. However the gang begins to warn him about the consequences that it can bring to date a person who you have to see everyday for a long while. Each person has a story to tell Ted of pass mistakes, which I actually appreciate. When one of our brothers and sisters is going down a path that we ourselves have gone, we ought to warn them about it, now if they still choose to go down the same path it is ok, after all we are still entitled to free will. The show actually quoted the bible, however it was not used in the most positive manner. Ted explained the Golden rule to be, doing unto others what you would want them to do unto you. Barney quoted the Platinum rule to be NEVER to love thy own neighbor. Which in reality it is quite the opposite.
The entire episode is Ted's friends attempting to convince Ted not to go to this date he had arranged with his clinic nurse. The episode would resumed to each person's mistake flashback. It was actually rather funny and entertaining. Ted after hearing all of the stories that had major complications for his friends, he still decided to go on the date. At the end of the episode, Ted returns after a sour night on his date, that actually turned out to be just a friends hang out, and explains the better outcome of situation is better to forget and let go.
I believe I have  relate to this. At times we may come across situations where it might turn sour or situations where our decisions might have caused some turmoil. However at the end it is learning to apologize, recognize the mistake, and move on. Learning to move on as well as learning a valuable lesson from the situation. I believe mistakes are good when we get to learn a valuable lesson from them.
Against Barney's statement, I do believe we ought to love our neighbor because in most situations love may be the ultimate answer.