In today's world, being good to humans is actually underrated. Everyone wants to look out for themselves and only themselves. If it doesn't affect them and maybe their family members, it is not their concern, they overlook and feel "it is not my business" It is only when it affects them or their family members, that they remember what it means to be good or how humans could at least be good to others.
Today, nobody wants to sacrifice for others, nobody wants to show up for others, nobody wants to be that friend who can speak up or shield for the other, nobody wants to inconvenience themselves for others, nobody wants to do anything that will not be of benefits to others, if it doesn't benefit themselves, they don't see the need to do it, and the world is taking a whole different shape.
While I understand that people could take advantage of someone's goodness of the heart, I also understand that one can be good and still protects themselves, so being good isn't supposed to just be a thing of the mouth but a thing of the heart, a daily act towards as many people as we come across because we don't know what people are going through.
For me, being good means putting others first, that doesn't mean hurting yourself to please others, it means acting not just to favour yourself but others, it means thinking about others before you do a thing or say a thing, it means looking out for others as much as you are looking out for yourself, it means making positive choices to benefit oneself and others.
One thing I have realized is that you can not say you love yourself and still treat people badly, you can not say you are confident in yourself and still derive so much joy bringing down others, it is mostly those who doesn't know what love means and entails, act cruelly and unkindly to others and that is because they do the same to themselves.
Being good should be a deliberate lifestyle, it should be something we make conscious efforts towards daily. Nobody was born to be good totally, in fact every human has the disposition to be bad and good but humans will always be humans. Everyone has the monopoly of being good and being bad, but we choose what we want to do with ourselves, we have the privilege to choose to be good or choose to be bad.
When you hear people say a particular person is good it is because the person first loves herself and as such, this love extends to others around, no selection, just everyone who comes in contact with them, the person is kind to herself and to others, cares about others as much as she cares about herself even when it's complicated.
Before they do or say anything, they consider the impact of their actions or words on others, anywhere and everywhere they are, they uphold integrity, they are not partial in judgment, and they always stand for the truth even when it is inconvenient to them. They are also full of good intentions and good deeds, they think about others as much as they think about themselves.
We can not give what they don't have, so being good is made easy because they see themselves through the eyes of others. The world is already harsh on everyone, so the least we should do as humans to ourselves and others is to be good, we don't know how our actions and words could save a life, our actions and words could revive a soul, or encourage someone to keep moving even in these difficult times. Being good should be a lifestyle, a conscious and deliberate effort daily.
This is my entry to Hive-Reachout Weekly Prompt 93>>"What Does It Mean To Be Good?"
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