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Double Standards

Why do we think it’s bad when other folks do it While we persist in justifying our flagrant ways? I suspect we cannot see our own shortcomings Their misbehaviors despicable, ours merely flings. Written March 20, 2022

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 3/21/2022 6:12:00 PM

I guess we love ourselves very, very much!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 3/21/2022 8:37:00 PM

I'm sure we do, gw, and we also think more highly of ourselves than we ought to think. I think someone told me that one time when they were giving me the business! (chuckling)

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 3/21/2022 4:20:00 PM

I like the idea that some people are giving themselves a "break" from being too hard on themselves.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 3/21/2022 5:06:00 PM

(chuckling) So true, Caren.

Marco Chies

Date: 3/20/2022 5:31:00 PM

There is a Brazilian writer who once said: man is the cotton end of the silk mantle...

L Milton Hankins
Date: 3/20/2022 7:11:00 PM

Ah, a wise man! Thanks for sharing his thoughts with me. I appreciate it.