I had a conversation the other day with someone whom I love dearly about society and people individually and as a whole. I'm not really sure how we got on the topic, but the bottom line is this: He thinks that there are no good people. All people are bad. Selfish, needy, jealous, inhumane, greedy, etc. ALL PEOPLE. And that because all people are one or more of these things they are inherently considered bad people in his mind. That's what he thinks, which is fine. I tend to disagree. I think that yes, even though most people do have a tendency to have the above characteristics, I don't believe that makes them what he considers them to be "bad people" I think it's them doing bad things.
I've never considered myself to be a great person, but I wouldn't consider myself a bad person either. Take today for example, I was pretty much online bullied by someone twice my age, I could have stooped to her level and made comments back, but I really didn't have one bad thing to say about her. My only thought at the time was "why is she so hateful to me?" and "what did I do to deserve this?" If you ask me for something, I will try my best to give it to you, even if it is the last sour patch kid. I really care about people and think things far more than I should and care far deeper than I should. I think all these things about myself
But after having this conversation with this man, I realized that he doesn't think this about me at all. So in his eyes I am not a good person. He doesn't see that I care? How can he not? Or maybe its just that my level of caring isn't above and beyond for him so he doesn't notice? I'm not entirely sure.
I don't think I'm anything special but I definitely don't think I'm a bad person. At least I don't try to intentionally do bad things.
This doesn't make me a bad person right?
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