Mea Culpa: I Have To Own Up To My Own Hypocrisy!!!!

The only person that I can change is myself.

The only person who's behavior I am responsible for is my own.

If there is a misunderstanding, it is my role to understand as oppose to being understood.

Of late there has been some activity that is undesirable to most all of us. No matter what side one took, it was simply a mirror of the other....egos taking an adversarial role against others. The threat of attack got our backs up. Fear is powerful and something that was indoctrinated within all of us. Sadly, the fight or flight tendency, which is nature's way of protecting us in a life-threatening situation, has been warped to the point that it isn't the individual that is threatened but the ego. For this, we are constantly looking for battle in our quest to be right.

In a "civilized" society, far from our barbaric caveman days, we do not always turn to violence (although in many areas, this is still done). Instead, we use other tools to show our "superiority" when we are threatened. Today, we use words as our weaponry often enlisting a "band of brothers" (or sisters) in an effort to "win the battle". Many of our analogies use warfare metaphors. Basically, we are programmed to fight and win.

"The morning is always wiser than the evening." -Russian Proverb

I come on here writing about love and a new paradigm yet I revert back to lowest common denominator. It is one thing to rail against something yet it become problematic when the thing I am targeting is simply a mirror of myself.

I looked in a man's eyes and saw nothing but death and I didn't know if I was looking into his soul or seeing a reflection of my own.

For this reason I have to offer a mea culpa for my own hypocrisy the other day. Calling other's behavior hypocritical was taking my own into the same realm. The very act of me mentioning the errors of others was an error on my part. It was ego-driven and was not loving or encouraging in any way.

Fear is sneaky and the ego is sly. Justified anger, in all its forms, is dangerous. Since we are blessed with the ego, it is most likely something that few of us are able to properly navigate. I know for myself, it is a luxury I cannot afford. Instead of being a master of my own domain, I become a puppet to my emotions. At times like that, I lash out.

Therefore, I publicly offer my sincerest regret to @lindsaybowes, @hendrix22, @netuoso, and anyone else who I might have harmed simply by reading my words. What I did was divisive and not aligned with community building.

I also offer my regret to @fulltimegeek who entrusted me with delegation, and to whom I behaved in a manner that I do not think reflective of his values that he wants instilled on this platform.

“There are no mistakes in life,
only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only
opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery.
From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher”

-Robin S. Sharma

Thank you all for showing me where I need to improve.

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