People always think they're the exception.

Why do many people talk about hypocriticism like it's the worst sin of all? Yes, hypocriticism is bad, but as long as people strive towards goodness there is bound to be hypocriticism. After all, humans are weak and fallible, thus consistency in ideals is something that's impossible for us to achieve. The only way people can be totally unhypocritical, the way i see it, is to be consistently bad, and is there a point to doing that? Is being consistently bad and thus unhypocritical any more morally sound than being inconsistently good? So it's okay to persist and persist in a wrong point of view because it's hypocritical to change your mind?

Thirst

Another morning and I wake with thirst
for the goodness I do not have. I walk
out to the pond and all the way God has
given us such beautiful lessons. Oh Lord,
I was never a quick scholar but sulked
and hunched over my books past the hour
and the bell; grant me, in your mercy,
a little more time. Love for the earth
and love for you are having such a long
conversation in my heart. Who knows what
will finally happen or where I will be sent,
yet already I have given a great many things
away, expecting to be told to pack nothing,
except the prayers which, with this thirst,
I am slowy learning.


(Mary Oliver)