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Posted by: GNPE ( )
Date: July 20, 2017 05:34PM
(In General) Should or Shouldn't we all be a bit hypocritical?

Shouldn't our hopes-goals-& dreams be just a bit above our day-to-day conduct?

Shouldn't we encourage others, family, etc. with examples & images of our Best selves?

I'm NOT talking "Do as I say, Not as I do"!

Your comments/thoughts on this?

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Posted by: Itzpapalotl ( )
Date: July 20, 2017 05:43PM
Re: (In General) Should or Shouldn't we all be a bit hypocritical?

It depends. While you're mainlining heroin, smoking a cigarette, or beating the family pet in front of your kid telling them they should never do this, is that encouragement for the kid to better themselves?

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Posted by: dagny ( )
Date: July 20, 2017 05:46PM
Re: (In General) Should or Shouldn't we all be a bit hypocritical?

We are all hypocrites about one thing or another.

For me there is a distinction between striving for things beyond what we currently are and contradicting what we say we value.

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Posted by: ificouldhietokolob ( )
Date: July 20, 2017 06:29PM
Re: (In General) Should or Shouldn't we all be a bit hypocritical?

I hope not.

I don't think having goals/hopes/dreams above what we are now is "hypocritical." Not as long as you're honest about "what we are now" anyway.

And I'm not at all a fan of "Do as I say, not as I do."

I much prefer, "Yeah, I'd like to do better -- how about we both work on doing better together?"

Honesty rocks. Hypocrisy, not so much.

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Posted by: summer ( )
Date: July 20, 2017 07:46PM
Re: (In General) Should or Shouldn't we all be a bit hypocritical?

I feel the opposite -- that sometimes action precedes intention. Don't feel tolerant? Act tolerant anyway. Your brain will eventually catch up.

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