What Makes Someone A "Good" Person?
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What Makes Someone A "Good" Person?

We should not seek approval for helping others.

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What Makes Someone A "Good" Person?
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What defines someone as a “good” person?

As of now, it comes down to who can stick up to whom, who can outweigh whom and who can be better than whom.

People pride themselves on what they do for others and who can do more for those who need help.

It does not sound bad in that tense, but when you begin to realize that people boast about who they gave money to or who they stood up for rather than thinking about what is right and what is wrong in a situation, you begin to wonder.

Social Media can portray people in any which way we choose. There are countless videos and articles about people helping others, not because someone told them to, but because they knew that it was the right thing to do.

People have lost the sense of the direction that was set for us when the Universe first took form. We were created to help others;

to feel,

to sympathize,

to laugh,

to cry,

to love.

We derived from the roots of Earth to spread the love and wisdom given to us by our humble beginnings as stars, yet we sit aside awaiting someone's misery so we can be the first to say, "I helped them, it was me and this is what I did..."

For those who can not provide themselves with the same happiness that some can produce, how is it fair that they are viewed as an Ego boost rather than a human being?

You can not define yourself as anything if you seek the approval from other as a reason to feed your Ego.

From that point, you have lost what was once Good and Pure and have tainted it with your selfishness.

The selfless guide those who seek happiness onto their fated path.

The selfish guide themselves into the dark.

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