June 10, 2007

This Is What I Want; That Is What I Do

Imagine X and Y. Two different goals. Neither of which are bad. And neither one is universally better than the other.

Say, for example. I decide that I want X.

X is great. X is good and worth attaining.

I tell my friends I want X. I tell my family the same. I announce that I want X and I'm going to work to get there.

But I act like I want Y. I implicitly do things that lead to Y.

Does this mean I implicitly want Y? Does this mean I am hypocritical in announcing my desire for X? Does this mean that I'm confusing everyone with different words and actions?

What do you think?

Comments

Ryan Said: (June 19, 2007 03:43 PM)

I'm loving these June posts. Good stuff.

I feel like I'm guilty of this quite often. Not really a reflection of who I think I'm supposed to be.

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