Ever since I was young, I’ve usually thought about what I say before it leaves my lips (so much sometimes it’s like I have a slow response when that actually isn’t the case), just to make sure what I said then and what I say now do not contradict each other, but also still supports my views in life or simply just personal reasons for my opinions.
However, in my environment, focusing concentrating and meditating on sudden worthwhile thoughts is rare. This entry is the result of one of them. It began when I was thinking of the world being filled with mostly hypocrites and that those who were not were rare in the world we live in today. Hypocrisy is frowned upon but I began thinking; “Why exactly and why do I try so much to avoid it?”
As I began thinking of an answer to my own question, I realized I tried not to be a hypocrite because of my pride and ego, something that I did not wish to harm. But if the opposite of hypocrisy is the harvest of one of the seven sins, why is it shunned by society so much, are we all fuelled by pride? I began thinking that hypocrisy and humility perhaps are not just two sides of the same coin, they are simply one.
"Pride, a sin, is the seed of sincerity Humility, a virtue, which blooms hypocrisy"
As much as I wanted to shun it way, I cannot deny the truth which I have created. I have fallen into what I would call a paradox of ideals. Has trying to live a life of sincerity, something I believed was good, is actually a life of simply sinful pride?
If you have reached this far, understanding my words, perhaps it would be interesting to hear your opinions on the matter...
"Hypocrisy and Humility coincide"
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Zero_angel · Thu Sep 04, 2008 @ 09:01pm · 0 Comments |