What causes YOU to be a good person?

[1srelluc]

My father seemed happy enough with it to carry the weight.

You still have the knife? I'd love to see pics of it.

 

[cnm]

You still have the knife? I'd love to see pics of it.

I don't think it survived the war. He had another, with a big cast aluminium/zinc/whatever handle, no knucklebow. I broke that one at the hilt. It must have been heat treated right through the tang.

 

[1srelluc]

I don't think it survived the war. He had another, with a big cast aluminium/zinc/whatever handle, no knucklebow. I broke that one at the hilt. It must have been heat treated right through the tang.

I have a LL&C trench knife that was altered in theater and had USN MK-1 blade installed. Half the guard was removed so it would fit into a MK-1 sheath and lay flat.

 

[odanny]

I was just born good, I guess.

 

[ChristisKing]

To quote Catwoman: "Sometimes I'm good, real good, and sometimes I'm bad, but only as bad as I want to be." Basically I'm the kind of person that often says and does bad things for a good reason. Then again I'm only speaking about morally good because I'm not Jesus and He's the only one who has ever been truly good and righteous.

 

[dblack]

I won't allow myself do things that would make my father ashamed of me. Even though he passed years ago his wise teachings still rule my actions.....With a bit of adjusting here and there to suit the times of course but the basics of what I learned from him still apply.

Interesting question. My dad wasn't without ethics entirely, but he was a bit of a rogue. I wouldn't say I got it from him.

I do remember a formative experience in my adolescence. At some point I figured out that shoplifting was easy to do and that you could usually get a way with it. After going there a couple of times, it occurred to me - yeah, it's easy, but do I want to live that way? More importantly, do I want to live in a world where everyone else lives that way?

So, for me, I think being "good" is more a matter of being how I hope others will be - the golden rule is always lurking.

 

[ChristisKing]

"The world isn't split up between good people and death eaters. We've all got light and darkness inside of us. What matters is the part that we choose to act on." - Sirius Black (Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix)

 

[sparky]

1) I take care of my own. I have never burdened anyone, including society.
2) I was/am a really good father to my children. I prepared them well for adult life. So they take care of their own, and don't burden anyone for their shit.
3) I am a really good husband. Just ask my wife. It isn't rocket science, unless the person you are with is happy - you won't be happy. As long as each values the well being of the other more than their self. That is all there is to having a happy marriage.
4) I have been a good employer for a lot of people over the years.
5) My goal is every person who has met me, benefited in some way.

stop beating yourself up IMWIS........~S~

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

I am an empath. I feel others pain. I would rather be this way than be a cold hearted person who cannot put others first.

 

[knuckles]

I won't allow myself do things that would make my father ashamed of me. Even though he passed years ago his wise teachings still rule my actions.....With a bit of adjusting here and there to suit the times of course but the basics of what I learned from him still apply.

What causes YOU to be a good person?​

Fear of punishment.
If mom told my dad all the shit we did all day, we'd get the living shit kicked out of us.

I guess I we were brought up old school.

 

[knuckles]

I am an empath. I feel others pain. I would rather be this way than be a cold hearted person who cannot put others first.

That's very sweet.
But did you know that no good deed goes unpunished?

 

[knuckles]

Do you think you are a good person?

 

[sparky]

Miserable people will only drag you into their misery.
Everyone deserves help when things happen that are out of their control, but only if they work to get out of it more than you help them.
Everyone deserves to get a 2nd chance when you **** up. We all do stupid things from time to time.

I've a world of stories , having run ems for 3 decades iawis

and so there's a hand up, and there's a hand out applicable

two very different distinctions

defined by the response of those it's directed at

~S~

 

[whitehall]

Raised Catholic in a stable family. Solid Christian values with respect for my Country and served in the Military.























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[NewsVine_Mariyam]

I won't allow myself do things that would make my father ashamed of me. Even though he passed years ago his wise teachings still rule my actions.....With a bit of adjusting here and there to suit the times of course but the basics of what I learned from him still apply.

I hope you don't consider this derailing but I can't help but wonder if since you consider yourself a good person, do you also consider Trump a good person?

And I will tell you specifically why I ask. I will readily admit that I don't like him as a person, and I guess it's because he does so many of the things that we were raised not to do. But one of the most telling me to me was that as children we were taught that when you participate in sports or a contest of some type that you do the best you can but if you lose, you lose gracefully. You do that by accepting the defeat, not kicking & screaming and throwing a temper tantrum and accusing the other team of cheating. That you congratulate them on their win, shake their hand if this is part of the ritual and do better next time.

Out of all the things that Trump does that we were taught were wrong -- cheating, stealing & lying not withstanding--showing poor sportsmanship was the biggest tell into his character or rather lack thereof out of everything he does.

The video I posted is a parent talking to presumably their own child and the imagery in it always inspires me. My sister & I were just recently chatting with our Mom about how she and our father taught us many things including the basics -- no lying, no stealing, no cheating -- which they did not tolerate. But they also taught us that if you see someone struggling you don't just stand there, or walk past them, you ask them if they need assistance and if they say yes, they help them. Do what you can. They learned these things from their parents and so on and so forth.

 

[fncceo]

What causes YOU to be a good person?​

Never said I was ...

 

[JOSweetHeart]

What causes me to be a good person is there being as much bad as there is on this planet. Only a demon possessed person would go out of the way to add more to a mountain that shouldn't even exist in the first place.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[BackAgain]

I won't allow myself do things that would make my father ashamed of me. Even though he passed years ago his wise teachings still rule my actions.....With a bit of adjusting here and there to suit the times of course but the basics of what I learned from him still apply.

Yep. I was raised to distinguish between right and wrong and, later on, between degrees of right and wrong.

It ain’t necessarily concern about what my own late father might frown upon.

But it helps if one behaves as though someone is looking.

 

[XponentialChaos]

Is everyone a good person?

Does anyone see themselves as a bad person?

Are the people who disagree with your politics actually evil?

 

[Lesh]

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That's it. If it would make my mother (also deceased) disappointed in me, it's a no-go.

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My father was a dick may he roast in hell.

What makes me a good person (as much as I am that) is following the golden rule as best I can and doing the hard things