“The moment we begin tolerating meanness, in ourselves and others, we are using our authorial power in the service of wrongdoing. We have both the capacity and the obligation to do better.” – Martha Beck
I saw this quote today, and it rang through me. I believe that we have all been treated meanly at times, and through that process, we have learned to be mean. Some of us may have had parents who treated us meanly either as a means of “toughening us up”, or, because they resented us and what being a parent means. Look at this word and how many meanings it has in this paragraph. No wonder we are confused about how to act!
The Old English definition of “mean” is common, as in the mean or center between very poor and very rich, or very uneducated and very educated. This explanation, for me, is fitting. When we act “meanly”, we are acting in a selfish, unkind, malicious, cruel, spiteful way.
Well, I am sure that you have heard it all before. I don’t MEAN anything by this post.
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Judy