Last night I told someone to go to hell. Yep, you read that right. I told someone on Facebook who is an acquaintance of a friend of mine to go to hell. My reason was that she was not being nice. Her unwavering devotion to the current President of the United States she was saying some very mean and nasty things about Joe Biden. I realize that people say mean things about The President too but that is for another post.
Needless to say, it was not my best moment, but I was sticking up for my friend and the debate had me a little emotionally charged.
Being human means that you are going to make mistakes and do things that you shouldn’t. I know I disappointed and surprised some people.
This makes me feel like a hypocrite for being a believer and not showing kindness and love to my neighbor. Believe me this makes me feel embarrassed. My friends I need to do better.
The Tony Burgess Blog 
We all fall many times, friend. I would say we’re already there, but that is darker than needed. It sure is what comes out of our mouths (or fingers) that we need to be careful of, but hey! You know you need to do better, so I won’t berate you. I hope you find your inner peace again soon!
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But I still love you.
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Remember that it’s OK to forgive yourself for having faults, and that having a fault doesn’t automatically make you a hypocrite. In this case it makes you someone who cares. Easy for me to say, because I don’t set myself particularly high standards, but one mistake doesn’t make you a bad person.
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We are all human. No one is perfect. And maybe, just maybe, this conflict may have opened the eyes of the other party to be kinder themselves.
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Because of what’s happening I think the majority of us are on edge, so I think you should forgive yourself.
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Don’t feel too bad about it, Tony! You got caught in the heat of the moment. That doesn’t make you a bad person, it makes you human. You’ve reflected upon it, learned your lesson, and will probably think twice before you ever do it again. I say that’s a win.
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It’s truly difficult not to fall to their levels…ask Joe Biden.
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You got that right.
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We all say things in the heat of the moment.. cleaning them up like you just did is the main thing. ❤️👏❤️👏👏👏👏
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Yeah, I chalk it up to righteous anger and being tired of gross ignorance. Or something like that.
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👊👊👊There you go.. i raised one of those it’s seeming.. .ARG…… I’m having to practice a lot too. 😹😹😹
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Sometimes anyone’s patience can be at the breaking point.
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It happens. We’re all human and we all have those moments. I think it’s okay to get righteously angry every once in a while, especially if the person making you angry deserves it.
Your moment actually reminds me of an episode of The Golden Girls where Dorothy becomes friends with a famous author (played by the wonderfully talented Bonnie Bartlett) who ticks off the other Girls with her pompous attitude and her constant talking down to others. Dorothy tries to patch things up between her friend and the other Girls by going to dinner at one of the most exclusive clubs in town, but her friend reveals her true colors when she informs Dorothy that Sophia’s date, a presumably Jewish man, won’t be allowed entrance into the club and thus reveals herself to be a passive anti-Semite. (She doesn’t necessarily *say* anti-Semitic stuff, but she tolerates it, and that’s just as bad.) And thus Dorothy dumps her friend by telling her, “Go to hell.”
I just love applying The Golden Girls to real life situations. 😄
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Earlier I talked back with my brother —- it’s agonizing you know — patience is not endless. Anyway, being aware that you should have not done it is good enough — just don’t beat yourself up for so long. 🙂
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