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1. People are working
2. Children are singing
3. Everybody can laugh at themselves
G-Poppers … July 29th, 2016
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G-Pop has to be careful.
There are things he wants to share, but he desperately wants to avoid the possibility of thinking that his ideas are sparkling diamonds, when the younger generation views them as cubic zirconia.
Sometimes though, things are too important to avoid uttering.
After watching the conventions by both American political parties, one abiding realization came to the forefront:
- Hypocrisy is never attractive.
- Hypocrisy is never viable.
- And hypocrisy is eventually exposed and tormented for its stupidity.
If we’re going to move forward as a nation, we have to understand, there is one enduring truth that runs like a golden strain throughout the human experience:
Don’t do what you don’t like.
If you’ve discovered that something is distasteful, don’t think that adopting the same indiscretion into your own actions suddenly purifies it. Even though the Golden Rule is powerful, this “Platinum Rule”–don’t do what you don’t like–procures a needful humility and allows your voice to be heard above the crowd.
Both the Democrats and the Republicans stumble in double-talk. They criticize one another for variations on the same things they, themselves, do.
G-Pop wants his children to know that mistakes are forgivable, but hypocrisy is unpardonable.
So G-Pop says:
1. Always be prepared to fail and change.
Failure is inevitable. Change, on the other hand, is the only thing that you personally control. You can’t stop failure, but you can initiate change, making yourself look ingenious.
2. Have compassion for all people.
The lack of consideration for one group of people immediately opens the door for you to be rejected by those who deem themselves superior.
3. Have a sense of humor about yourself.
Laughing at yourself a lot before you laugh with others a little.
4. Listen to people, especially if they’re smarter than you.
Of course, you would have to admit there are people who are smarter. But before you humiliate yourself and insist that you alone possess all wisdom, be prepared to notice those who’ve accumulated information which you require to do better.
Even though all four of these fall into the realm of common sense, until you make them common practice, you will not be able to achieve the common good.
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