Self awareness is a very big and deep thing. When the feelings/emotions flare up, then the equanimity of the mind is broken and the self-awareness ends. mind is reactive natured, that's why it is difficult to keep equanimity in mind.
For some, love is God. For some, love is a reflection of the Soul. For some, love is worship. For some, love is life. For some, love is blind. For some, love is just hormonal effect. etc. To the one who reaches the depth of something, that thing appears according to the depth.
Everybody can feel the truth, some just feel the superficial truth and some feel the deeper truth. Truth may differ from person to person. It depends on how deeply one can feel the truth.
I will choose: "I might not agree with what you think/do, but I respect that that’s your choice" and "You don’t see it now, but you’ll thank me later"
If I have to choose only one of these two, I will choose "I might not agree with what you think/do, but I respect that that’s your choice" this one and stay away from it.
Well, it is human nature to judge, but sometimes by some reason, human becomes judgmental. Nobody is perfect, so it is natural to make mistakes. If this mistake happens only sometimes then "it's ok", but if it becomes a habit to judge things wrongly every time, then it is prudent to keep distance from such a judgemental person. Sometimes keeping silence is better than instant reaction. Let the mind calm down, then judge again with a calm mind and things will make better sense. it should be response not reaction. Response emerges from a calm mind and reaction emerges from a disturbed mind.
Is surrogacy right or wrong?
If the surrogate pregnancy is a medical compulsion then it may be right but if it is something else then definitely wrong.