today, i find myself to be a hypocrite. two-faced. fake. because i preach one thing and do the other.
i find myself blasting comments online at things i deem unjust and unfair, hoping to change someone's mind about refugees and gender discrimination. whereas in real life, i hesitate to even open my mouth telling my friend to slow down his driving, because i'm afraid that it would only anger him even more, since he's been having a tiring day.
i don't know, man. am i really a hypocrite?
okay, that's not my point.
my point is, when is it our opinions are deemed worthy? should it not be worthy all the time if it is constructive and helpful in any way at all? should we not all think that way? why, why is it that i am still, until now, afraid to speak up about certain things, thinking that i am of lesser worth to talk about these things? that i cannot preach because i don't know the Bible well enough; that i cannot comment on a certain thing because i'm not from that particular field or industry; that i cannot speak up on something because i am afraid i will offend someone.
i'm sorry if this seems like me blabbering--because it is. i'm just thinking out loud here.
opinions are meant to be offensive. think about it. maybe not to everyone, but to someone in this world, your opinion about chicken being delicious will definitely be offensive. you saying how beautiful the world is, that could be offensive to someone.
even me writing this post and not actually telling someone about it is ironic and hypocritical.
oh, what am i doing?
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