an Empathetic ear

Who am I to judge? I can't. But I can scream at the top of my lungs about people who are hypocrites. They come in all shapes and sizes and sometimes even conform themselves around the Bible. Those are the worst ones.
Ezekiel 25:17 (King James Version)
17And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
I try not to be a hypocrite, I try not to pass judgement on others. It's hard to not want to come undone on someone when 5 minutes earlier they were claiming they were going to turn their lives around for the greater good. So instead I smile and nod, and go on about my day.
I have lived most of my life as a left leaning liberal, then one day I woke up and realized I was a parent, granted it took me longer and by the grace of God, I was lucky to have parents that helped along the way. I've never been one to love others. Until it was forced on me. When you are facing that end of life experience and you realize, you have only so little time to make up for all of your wrongs. Giving love and receiving come hand in hand. For the past 2 years, I've been at war with myself. Trying to put the pieces together as a family should be. Not knowing about tomorrow, but making sure those in my life know they are the dearest to my heart. We are all sinners. Let me repeat that, We are all SINNERS. No one on this earth is perfect. My children are no more special than yours, and I don't ever make them think that they are. Empathy is hard to come by, not sympathy, empathy. My own family never even spoke of it. I do not hold them responsible for my ways, for I am my own person to be held accountable for my actions. I've always been the type to cry in the bathroom behind closed doors, never in public. Is that wrong? Wow, I can't believe I'm discussing this. I dislike death. I dislike that my parents are getting old, I dislike the cold weather. But, mostly I dislike people that don't have empathy. I ask all of you to embrace your children and hold them, tell them you love them, do this with your parents as well. Don't let your feelings go without being said.
Being a parent for 17 years has not been easy, but it has made me grow into the realization that I am definitely not a liberal. I will always make mistakes, in the hopes that I can learn, I will always pray to God and ask for his forgiveness above all else's. And... I'm just a mom, trying to hold onto those virtues that my own parents told me over and over. Well this parent has finally gotten it. Time to fight the battles with my own kids, to instill those values. So they can pass them on to their kids.
Let it not be said that some "censorship" is needed when parenting, God Bless.