The personality rabbit hole.

[H2O Man]

104. I also value the

Ten Commandments, or the Original Instructions, as the same general message has been known in the northeast for 4,000+ years. I also try to keep another of life's lessons in mind in situations where it would be easy for me to be self-righteous, and judge if other people are stupid, liars, etc.

Martin Luther King, Jr., had an amazing cast of characters around him during his national ministry. And the in-fighting among those gentlemen was almost always an issue that presented un-necessary problems for Rev. King. There was a time, when King was advocating for his planned Poor People's Campaign, that the quarrels were uglier than usual. Martin asked James Bevel, who he thought highly of, to stop. And Bevel, of course, began saying, "But he ...." and pointing out other good men's weaknesses.

King said, "James, you aren't with me on this. You need to pray."

This is something I meditate upon frequently. Without trying to brag, there is really no one on this forum who can come close to me when it involves self-righteous finger-pointing. I think I've won more titles in that area, than I ever did in the boxing ring. But it is a fight that I must wage inside myself, not against some other person, even if they are being extremely obnoxious. I try to be with Martin on these things, difficult as that may be.