Decency

hehe well than good luck in being happy ^^

 

thank you

 

Is this a paragraph writers convention ?

Sorry not my place

/leaves

 

Of course it's not as simple as I stated, but the main idea when thinking about something is to break it down untill you get to the simpliest part. One of the brain's powers xD. By the way, is it good to fake a good person, or if you're bad you shouldn't?

 

You can fake all you want. In the end, you are who you are, and deep down, you'll eventually realize that. As long as you're eventually ok with who you are, it doesn't matter i guess. I personally have been upset quite a bit recently with how I deal with things and how I feel about things, but in the end, I accept that that is who I am, and if it keeps getting me hurt, so be it.

A person can be insincere in his attempts to seem like a good person, but they'll eventually have to come to terms with who he or she is like we all do. And faking being something more than he or she is? In the end, I think that epiphany moment will be even more painful when they realize that they were never as decent as they wanted to be.

But that brings up a whole new point. Being decent isn't some intrinsic quality we give children when they're born. Its fostered through environment and teachings. I think, if someone truly wants to be good, he or she will eventually end up being inherently good. Now, if its just to give off an image of being good, say to impress people or for college, then that I think will eventually hurt them. But like someone said, it doesn't hurt when people do good deeds, even if it was for disgusting reasons.

 

My idea was: if it doesn't affect me in a bad way, fake all you want. I mean, if a person is good, even though it fakes it, it's much better than being a bad person, and for that I totally agree with your last sentence.

 

Its too bad that in this world, even "fake" good people are hard to find. Society rewards those who are bad people inside, unfortunately.

 

Yes, but searching and in the end finding one is worth it all.

 

Isnt this contradictory?? Why you try to help others to be better persons if you think that people cant change ultimately?...

Just my opinion

 

I never said they can't "change" in those terms. If they want to become good people, they can do so. "Goodness" is not an intrinsic quality. And its hard to qualify what decency or goodness is. I'm sorry if I made it seem like people can't change. I just meant to say, some people are just bad inside.

 

I understood what you wanted to say, at least xD. And yes, there are some people who can't change, but there are who can change. Now, I still think that what doesn't affect me in a bad way is good, so they can fake all they want.

 

people never change tho some try ^^. they just change habits and pretend to be someone else

 

I think the main thing I want to say is that I gave those children a choice, something I know most people living there don't have. If they took it or not, I did what I could. And, even though sometimes it seems like it was all futile, thinking about it now, I kind of want to do more ;o.

 

seeeeeee that makes you a good person ^^

 

Well, I'm glad you feel that way . When you grow up in a place like that, it makes you sad. Certain people make bad choices, but lots of the people over there had no choice. Its unfair that they should be forced to live a life like that. I think that's something we all deserve, a choice. Whether we make the right one or the wrong one, in the end, we had a choice.

 

Well some get the chance by destiny , some get it from other people that help them (as you did ^^)...and sadly some don't get any chance , they are just predestined to "walk" clueless (wanted to say it nice >.>) around.
Important is that we try to help those clueless , that we give them the chance , and yes depends on them if they pick the good one or the bad one (i help people too ^^ , so i understand)

 

I mean, when I first learned that those 4 people had dropped off our radar, I felt like the whole thing was futile, and was...kinda annoyed and POed. But when I first helped them, nothing can beat that feeling. It feels nice to make a difference in someone else's life.

 

What the hell.. I thought I replied to this yesterday. There's nothing you get by destiny, that is something you create and change by yourself. If you had a chance to help them, you were just lucky... or no... they were lucky. Noone is predestined to "walk" clueless, that's something they do by themselves, because they are not able or don't want to change it.

 

Saying they do it to themselves is too Social Darwinistic for me. Often times, they are simply born into something that they can't change. They did nothing wrong ;o

 

Going to school is free, going to highschool is still free. After that you can go to college with a scholarship and that's it.