Pandering and not even knowing.

Recently I had learn't that a friend of mine was close to a child that had gone missing, and later that week we had found out the police had found a body. As per usual something had circulated around facebook, a balloon in which people pass around and write their sympathys. But as I was so hopeful and slightly shocked by reading it on Facebook I wrote down that I knew someone and that I couldn't believe it! OMG. This is where I wake up the next day and find that a person had commented how much of a hipocrit I was, trying to get my claim to fame by defiling this girl's name by name dropping. Suffice to say I was slightly shocked and I still can't seem to get over it; it started me thinking on what I was thinking at the time I wrote that comment....

Was I actually trying to bring attention to myself by estabilishing a connection, was I being the very type of person I scorn and most importantly was I doing it without even knowing that I was. I think it's at this point where you've really got to know yourself, know what your values are and be TOTALLY honest with yourself.

And honestly I don't know why I wrote it, except to express my grief as others had, but I definitely know I meant no harm... will I be checking myself before I say anything now? Should I always consider other peoples' reactions before I act every time? I just don't seem to know how to approach this...perhaps just being aware of it allows me to think about the motivation behind my actions; maybe that's enough for now.