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Sorry to the folks I was going to be talking with last night, there was a storm and I ended up in bed at like 6 o'clck.
The storm was amazing though. Three rainbows, one on top of the other, the full curve of each arch visible against the dark clouds...and then the lightning cut across them. It gave me shivers. Ah, the wonder of nature.
This morning's philosophical puzzling comes down to one thing: hypocrisy. When you really open your eyes and pay attention, the level of hypocrisy that we human beings engage in on a daily basis is disgusting. And I'm not talking politicians and whatnot, I'm talking you and me.
I'm reminded of that quip from Alice in Wonderland: Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!
Except a more accurate variety for me would be: Why, sometimes I've seen as many as six hypocritical things before breakfast!
I see it every day, just on my FList and in my own LJ. (Before anyone gets defensive, please remember that I'm talking about myself here as well. I'm as bad as anyone!) And when I see it for what it is in others, I just get vaguely uncomfortable and wonder if I should point it out. But I never do. When I recognize it in myself, I get uncomfortable and then shrug it away with the caveat 'eh, everyone else is the same way'.
Is it just human nature once more, that tricksy little devil? I actually don't think so on this one. I think it's possible to live life without being hypocritical. And it probably isn't even that hard. Stand by your ideals, do unto others as you wish done unto you, fight for your beliefs, hold yourself to the same standard you hold others and vice-versa....
Why are these things apparently so hard in this day and age? I've been looking inward myself, examining those crimes of hypocrisy that I've committed, and searched for the why. And I honestly don't know, which tells me everything I do need to know.
Long story short: hypocrisy's bad, it's rampant, and I'm making a conscious effort not to engage in it myself.
I'm going to go do monster crap for the rest of the morning.
The storm was amazing though. Three rainbows, one on top of the other, the full curve of each arch visible against the dark clouds...and then the lightning cut across them. It gave me shivers. Ah, the wonder of nature.
This morning's philosophical puzzling comes down to one thing: hypocrisy. When you really open your eyes and pay attention, the level of hypocrisy that we human beings engage in on a daily basis is disgusting. And I'm not talking politicians and whatnot, I'm talking you and me.
I'm reminded of that quip from Alice in Wonderland: Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!
Except a more accurate variety for me would be: Why, sometimes I've seen as many as six hypocritical things before breakfast!
I see it every day, just on my FList and in my own LJ. (Before anyone gets defensive, please remember that I'm talking about myself here as well. I'm as bad as anyone!) And when I see it for what it is in others, I just get vaguely uncomfortable and wonder if I should point it out. But I never do. When I recognize it in myself, I get uncomfortable and then shrug it away with the caveat 'eh, everyone else is the same way'.
Is it just human nature once more, that tricksy little devil? I actually don't think so on this one. I think it's possible to live life without being hypocritical. And it probably isn't even that hard. Stand by your ideals, do unto others as you wish done unto you, fight for your beliefs, hold yourself to the same standard you hold others and vice-versa....
Why are these things apparently so hard in this day and age? I've been looking inward myself, examining those crimes of hypocrisy that I've committed, and searched for the why. And I honestly don't know, which tells me everything I do need to know.
Long story short: hypocrisy's bad, it's rampant, and I'm making a conscious effort not to engage in it myself.
I'm going to go do monster crap for the rest of the morning.
