A Scale of Self-Righteousness

POTENTIAL is what you may or may not have,
according to someone else.

ABILITY is what you have at a particular moment,
but is not always apparent.

TALENT is what you think you have,
but may not actually.

SKILL is what you've acquired over a long period of time,
but may lose without use.

TOLERANCE is what you display,
only when they agree with you.

MODESTY is what you express,
but only when they are impressed.

HONESTY is what should be used,
but only when you're not endangering yourself.

SINCERITY is what you must have,
even when you're endangering yourself.

(8/84)

HUMOR is what you must find, because we
all know that you're not perfect.

LOVE is what you need to express, because
We all know that no one's perfect.

(8/90)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015



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Date: 2/27/2015 11:33:00 PM
Interesting what you said about honesty I actually totally get that one. And I love sincerity because I have it in spades!! These are so good, they look like those things we send to people in forwards. if you made them all up, I am impressed!!
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Date: 2/28/2015 12:09:00 AM
Thx you're too kind....And to think I wrote that (sans Humor and Love) around the time I turned 18...not sure if my current self (with 30 more years of mileage) would've been able to come up with the same definitions, always interesting to look back at our younger minds...
Date: 2/27/2015 11:31:00 PM
thanks for checking out some of my older stuff today! Now let me see what this one is about.
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Date: 2/26/2015 10:37:00 PM
I love your meanings of those words#7
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