Being a Good Person ACTUALLY Makes You a Better Person
DISCLAIMER: this is not to convert anybody to any religion, this is only to inspire goodness within your heart, especially during this holiday season.
INSPIRATION: A reason a lot of people aren’t self aware about their character is because we’ve been conditioned to believe that being a bad person requires bad intentions. Most people don’t move through the world trying to hurt others. They’re not waking up plotting damage. So when harm is caused, it’s easy for them to reject the idea that they’ve done something wrong.
They don’t connect to the consequences of their behaviour because, in their mind, they weren’t being malicious. The damage they caused doesn’t register as their fault because they view themselves as having a good heart. That self image becomes the shield that stops any deeper reflection from happening.
So being a christian, muslim, budhist, or any of the other religions doesn’t make you better than the next person. Practicing the religion, doesn’t make you good either. Being a good person does. Caring about the harm you may have caused, knowingly or unknown, and trying to rectify it, makes you a decent person. Avoiding causing any harm to your fellow being at all makes you a good person.
And if you’re not sure what being a good person means in your religion, then I urge you to please look within your practices because im sure theres an answer there for you.
