From the mind of critic: “If we’ve ever told our kids, other young people, or simply heard it said by somebody, “do as I say not as I do” are we cedeing responsibility of our actions? Are we holding others to a higher standard of living than ourselves, because we don’t think we can reach that higher standard? Are we looking for future scapegoats if want people to pay closer to our words than our actions, while being complicit in the action because we allowed it to happen? Or do we honestly want others to life their lives more truthfully and joyfully than we have, specifically because we’re firm believers in leaving the world and its inhabitants better than we found it? Accountability and humanism can solve most of the problems we have as a society when they are applied. What we forget sometimes is to help ourselves when we spend all day helping others. Maybe we feel that we don’t deserve help, or that it’s to much work to look internally for answers to tough problems, because we’ll have to be accountable to ourselves, just like we’re asking others to be. All of us have heard the old quote that we have to be the change we want to see. If we spend all our time ejecting empty words not tied to actions, we’ll end up like the crazy preacher on the street corner, where we can scream and yell all day, but the only people who listen are the police when they tell us to move along. Wanting others to live better, acheive more and strive further than us is a noble mission, that makes the world a better place by even making the attempt. But if we expect others to do things that we see as below us, unimportant or easily ignorable, we’ll devolve our entire species by spreading false information, dressed in a caring and tolerant aioli. Do as I say not as I do aren’t words to live by, they’re words that make us complacent and apathetic. And what will evolve us, complacency or vigilance?” 🙂