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Hypocrites bug me

Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary (cool site) defines a hypocrite as

1 : a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion
2 : a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings

On the surface, these fakers, these poor elementary social fraudsters seem normal. But looking a little closer, these are the people will do the following to you and think nothing of it.:

They flip you off as they drive by with a bumper sticker that reads "Have a nice day."

They'll quote "To err is human but to forgive devine" from one corner of their mouth while from the other side they're trashing you for a mistake you made over 3 years ago.

They'll send you emails purporting the vurtues of a smile and positive attitude, but have no problem telling you how much of a pain you are to them.

So is it they have double standards, or are they begging to be wacked upside the head?

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What was I thinking... I must be dumb.

The below entry (What makes a friend, a friend) was directed at a former friend that I had a parting of our ways.  In other words, we don't talk anymore.  I was so caught up in the anger and disgust caused by this non-friend, that I disregarded friends that still mean something to me.  I spent time being agitated over nothing at the same time I wasn't covering my end of the "friendship" bargain (See the 4 Traits below)

I must be dumb.

On a related note, another friend told me this gem:

"There is no dumb, only forgetful."

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 What makes a friend, a friend?

There are all kinds of people in this world.  Different in many ways, shapes, forms, thoughts, and ideas.  And hopefully you know that people are not exactly a carbon copy of yourself.  What you're thinking, is not always what someone else is thinking having been presented with the same situation.

How we become friends? Complicated.  Maybe we worked together and were forced into the same cramped cubical designed for one and we got to talking.  Or we rode the same bus together day after day and we talked about how our favorite football team has a lousy coach.  Or maybe a friend introduced us and we had a few things in common, not many, but a few things but we enjoyed talking about the each others hobbies and learning from one another.

It doesn't matter how or why we become friends, but its important that what keeps a friendship alive is a few  key, yet essential responsibilities each of us have to uphold.

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4 Traits of a Friend

• Trust

• Communication

• Dependability

• Strength of Character

I'll explore these 4 traits in the coming weeks.

 

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Positive Thinking...

All the experts say that positive thinking is the best way to influence a better outcome for your life.  For the most part I think that they're right.  For instance, yesterday, I was thinking about how much more I would enjoy life if I could just lose some weight, but today I am definitely, positively thinking about pizza. That vaguely conflicts with my thoughts from yesterday.  Most definitely.  I'm positive about that.

That's positive thinking... isn't it?

Another example... I had a friend who had been married for a little over a year.  This wasn't a happy marriage from the beginning.  She was thinking about getting a divorce within 3 months of being married.  This wasn't her first marriage and he had two previous marriages under his belt.  It seemed the only thing this guy wanted to do was please his father and pedal road racing bikes back and forth to work. 

Since they lived about 30 miles from where he worked it could take hours on some days for him to get home.  She wasn't sure that she could do anymore at home to win his attention back.  She tried everything, including talking about his father's weird hobbies, doing more of the chores around the house, giving him space and even lying for him to cover on days he got lost pedaling and didn't show for work.

The harder she tried the more he resisted.  So finally, she felt it was all or nothing and she was going to clear this up once and for all.  She was positive she could make some sort of impact in his life...

So she ran him over.

She said she never did like bicycles and she was positive about that.

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