Something which has always puzzled me is that, what do we exactly mean by he/she is a 'good' person?
In my life, I have always made choices which I feel are right for me and I'm sure many of us follow the same ideology.
I'm sure I may have other vices, but I have always been proud of my choices as a non-drinker, non-smoker, non-weeder (Is that even a word?) and unfortunately believe in wedding and then bedding. My motivation is solely the fact that I consider myself a social rebel in this time and age and certainly not to get into someone's good graces.
With other people, I intervene only when I feel it's detrimental to their health. Else, I give them their space.
But how do these choices have anything to do with being a 'good' person?
Who is a good person? You decide :
A person refrains from the above 'bad habits', but is prejudiced, racist or a terrible blight on humanity and this person's moral values affects another human being, physically or emotionally. Is he/she a good person?
Another liberal person lives life based on his/her choices, helps people in need without bias and the moral values of this person strongly vouch for loyalty, trustworthiness, honesty and kindness. Is he/she a good person?
Lifestyle choices are not indicators of 'goodness'. A friend who drinks is a bad person only when he/she 'forces' you to do the same. A good friend will back off once you say a firm no. Blaming others for our indecisiveness is only our folly.
I personally believe humanity maketh a good person more than anything else.
I'd chose liberal people with big hearts, any day over prudes with a small mind. I don't let other peoples' prejudices cloud my judgement, I give everyone a fair chance before I make my own, be it a priest or stripper.
What about you?
a good post... seems u have written after lot of thought... a good conclusion too...
ReplyDeletei think that every good has some bad in it and similarly every bad has some good in it... it depends on our attitude... rather than being an optimist or pessimist, it is better to be a pragmatist...
by the way, it is good to know that you blog (I am an avid blogger)... hope to see many posts from u...