![]() There are environmentalists who constantly fly, finance traders who care about poverty, and sermonizing priests who have lost their faith. Think of those who hold forth about respecting private life, and a moment later post personal photos to Facebook. ![]() Think about buying technological gadgets while opposing child labor and ecological waste, or about condemning theft, then illegally downloading music and movies. Walt Whitman got it right when he wrote in “Song of Myself” (1855): “Do I contradict myself? / Very well, then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” We humans are structurally made of contradictions, living peacefully, sometimes painfully, with our oxymoronic selves. But you are as full of contradictions as I am. Have you ever wondered how many contradictory thoughts you have in a day? How many times your thoughts contradict your actions? How often your feelings oppose your principles and beliefs? Most of the time, we don’t see our own contradictions-it’s often easier to observe such inconsistencies in others. ![]()
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