a good person

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onto today’s topic: a good person 🧍‍♀️ 

are you a good person? if your answer is “i don’t know,” then let’s clarify a little.

what constitutes a good person to you?

we each have our definitions of a “good person.” understandably, after all, there are a lot of different factors to take into consideration: their moral compass, how they treat others, a selfishness threshold, their past and present, and so much more.

if it were such an easy task to objectively conclude whether or not someone is a good person, the world would be very different from what we know it.

rather than overwhelming yourself with the hard job of wholly defining what a good person is, i’d recommend articulating a singular action, characteristic, or frame of thought at the forefront of anyone you’d consider a good person. ⭐️ 

to me, that’s empathy and someone’s agency in acting kindly upon that empathy. you can’t just think and feel like a good person; you must act on it too. being able to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and genuinely feel for them roots those follow-up actions in genuine kindness. a good person considers others — their feelings, sacrifice, and wishes. i’m not saying they necessarily abide by them at every moment of the day, but leading life with the intention to not hurt others, but instead uplift them, is a good person’s way of life.

now, define your “good person.” take a minute to think about it.

okay, do you fit in that description? 🤔 

if not, why not? do you want to be a good person?

maybe a redundant reiteration, but it’s a good thing to be a good person. it’s a living definition that you can always work towards encompassing fully. (:

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