Hypocrisy. It lives and walks among us and it lurks in the very shadows in which we feel safe. It feeds upon unsuspecting minds, clinging to the particles of grey matter that are most apt to ignore it.
Professing beliefs or ideals that you neither follow nor remotely understand is the most familiar definition but there is also the flip side of the hypocritical coin. The admonishment of a habit or behavioural pattern that is so blatantly shared by the one pointing the finger is the one that is most commonly seen – at least by me.
But the ones making flagrant accusations are oblivious to the obvious. They are standing so far out on the precipice of blindness that they are unaware that they are constantly living in a suspended state of hypocrisy. And perhaps they truly can’t see the irony in pointing out the shortcomings of another when they represent the same qualities themselves.
Maybe the pot calling the kettle black is a mere distraction technique. If the focus is shifted in a different direction, the pot will never receive the negative repercussion to which it should so rightly be subjected. Panning the camera for a close up on the kettle potentially leaves the pot completely out of the picture.
But a word of caution to the pot – even though you may try to use the kettle as a scapegoat to alleviate any personal discomfort, bear in mind that there are many other pots and pans in your proverbial pantry and they see right through the facade. The very ashes that charred the surface of the kettle are mirrored on the exterior of your pot. Before you are so quick to judge make sure that your extraneous covering is free from any soot before you bring the kettle into the mix.
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ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! I Loved This Post!
Thank you so much. 😀
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You too!
One of my favorites, too – really good job!
Thanks Sheila!!
I could do without hypocrites. For sure.
Agreed!
Hypocrisy is all about judging… if we all become empathetic and compassionate towards each other, there won’t be any need of pointing out others’ shortcomings..
a very opinionated and truthful post! 🙂
Thank you. 🙂
I agree with this – but we’re all hypocrites in some ways. For just one example, I’m sure most of us would agree with the whole ‘takes 25 gallons of water to produce a pound of wheat, but 2500 gallons of water to produce a pound of meat’ argument – but I’ll take my hypocrisy medium rare.
Again, we’re all hypocrites in some ways. But at least there’s a great song about it:
I’m sure I’ve been guilty of it myself, but I’m always careful about becoming that pot. 🙂
Yeah, we all are.