Thursday, May 24, 2007

family or individuals.

How often do you walk down the street you see some brother man packing his mouth with food, or breaking some building's window for the sake of breaking it, or simply just stare stare stare you down when you walk around the corner? Well, check this out, we think, you shouldn't do that... We, or I, think, you shouldn't do that. But here's the catch: I think, you do. Which goes to say that even though I see someone obese feasting off a banquet of rices, potatoes, and porks, I am still I, thinking that person should not be doing that, and there is that person, eating all those things, whom, if told by a stranger not to do a certain thing, would be totally offended by the suggestion, even if it were beneficial for his health.

There are those who write virtue, those who preserve virtue, and those who destroy virtue. Virtue dictates all's behavior, but most specifically, the behavior of the individual subscribing to the virtues. It is easy to call someone out on something until you realize you've also got your hand on the hammer and your finger on the nail, right there beside the brother you were just judging. And then right there, from the corner, someone else, another you, looks at you, disappointed, and cannot believe what horrible kind of person you must be in order to do such a thing. Of course the such a thing could be minor, but the essence of it all is that virtue cannot be expected from others, let them go to hell, but hope that by living your own virtues, they may learn something from you, and change.

No need to utter a single, evangelically oppressive word.

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