Is it wrong to be a hypocrite?

Benjamin Landry
2 min readFeb 24, 2021

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I am a hypocrite. I tell people to make good choices. I give advice to others that may benefit them. I try to solve other people's problems. Yet the advice I give, I do not follow.

Internally, I know the advice I do give is solid. Yet I set a strong distinction between the advice that is good for an individual or group, versus that is applicable to a person. When I internalize the advice, it is not truly applicable. It has merits, it would provide benefit but actually taking the steps required to do it is a path I haven’t explore. The “How to” aspect. “How to internalize a suggestion, take steps to do it, and convert it into an applicable habit that will provide measurable benefits.

This year I gave myself the goal to take more actions. I vow to think less about the difficulties of doing a suggestion and simply do it. It may be small things at first. But when my vow becomes an actuality, I may call myself human, and not a hypocrite.

Tldr

being a hypocrite is not wrong, but recognizing that you are being one, and taking small actions, will allow you to not label yourself as a hypocrite.

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Benjamin Landry
Benjamin Landry

Written by Benjamin Landry

I spend my time dreaming about food, watching fictional characters go through adventures, and think of creative ideas to improve the future.

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