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msmemory_archive ([personal profile] msmemory_archive) wrote2009-05-04 04:11 pm

For my sins

It does seem that the biggest problem I have with my OES obligation is with the part that says "I will not speak evil of a sister or a brother." Because even when the evil things are true, they are still evil. And unkind. And worse, I know better. And I try to be better than that. And try again, and fail. Part of the point, however, is to pick myself up, give myself a good talking to (or heed it when I get the dope slap from elsewhere), and try again.

[identity profile] talvinm.livejournal.com 2009-05-04 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
An addendum to this: "Evil" is not synonymous with "something we do not want to hear", no matter how much they protest to the contrary.