No one is good or bad...

@maurya83 (923)
India
March 3, 2013 11:07pm CST
How can we decide a person is good or bad..the same person can do something positive or negative depending on circumstances. We are humans, we can do kindest of deeds and the worst of crimes. We have to make sure, we are in a positive space with positive people, a desire to adopt a positive attitude so that we can have the best in us..
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@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
4 Mar 13
That is true. I believe that everybody can either be good or bad. What makes a person bad is when they steer away from what is just expected and want more than the usual.
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@maurya83 (923)
• India
5 Mar 13
A desire to achieve some more cant be a factor for doing bad things, it can make a person more determined, more strong to achieve its goals and finally a success. If we dont have this desire we were still living in jungles. Something more and better has been achieved by most of us by doing the things in right way, thats what i think.
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
4 Mar 13
Yeah, I couldn't agree with you more. No one can say that he never did or will do bad things. We can only try our best not to do bad things. All I want to say is,everyone can be a good person.You should try to be like that.
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@celticeagle (159221)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Mar 13
Yes, we are humans, and we need to always do the best we can and be the best we can. For some being a good person isn't important to them. For some selfishness and self absorbtion is how they roll and think nothing of it. It's sad but to each their own. Nothing much anyone can do about it. Especially if they won't let them.
@maurya83 (923)
• India
5 Mar 13
isn't it we made our world more complicated? Now a days being good is not just enough to survive. One has have to be selfish and greedy sometimes..
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@celticeagle (159221)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Mar 13
I think that a good person will retain their good moral and character no matter what comes up. Life does have its trial and it will show a person for who they really are.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
4 Mar 13
I think everyone is born with an innate kindness in them. It's just that along the way, extreme circumstances make them commit bad things. But given the chance they will always want to do good.
@maurya83 (923)
• India
5 Mar 13
yes, everyone is born with an innocence within, but its not just extreme circumstances from which a person commits bad things. Its human curiosity and a deep natural attraction towards bad things which always tend to drive us towards negative things..isn't it? we have to try hard to adopt the good habits..
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
4 Mar 13
I think no one can find the person is good or bad like the person's mind may be change with in few seconds yesterday I read news a meternal uncle kill a 5 years girl and 7 years boy(both are sister and brother) the reason is because 30 lacs received of their parents from property. Mother's brother(meternal uncle) kill the innocent child only for 30 lacs which is received of their parents from the property. Means with in a second the man mind is changed and think to commit cruel activity. We cant trust on anyone even our family members because now anyone can change anytime.
@maurya83 (923)
• India
5 Mar 13
yes, there are so many factors which drive human behavior, and there has been an increasing rate has been seen in its uncertainty. we are more insecure than earlier, you cant judge what the next person thinking about you and what would be his/her next step..
• India
4 Mar 13
You can't decide whether people is good or bad at the first meeting itself. For such decision you must socialize with that person for long time and you must take only his/her character into an account. Check whether he is helping others without seeking theirs help. Find how does he behaves when he is in anger. From this things you can almost find his character from that you can decide whether he is good or bad. I hope this would help you ;)
@maurya83 (923)
• India
5 Mar 13
What criteria do you have to decide a person's "character"? everyone behave absurd in anger no matter how much his/her anger is reasonable..
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
6 Mar 13
I beleive Everyone is good and bad, but then it's how you define good and bad, being bad could be that you have sinned, we have the capacity within us to be both good and bad, someone could be seen as doing something good, but seen by others as doing something bad and vice versa. I cannot describe myself as all good, because I hate, it's one of the emotions we are given as humans, but why we are given the emotion to hate which is supposed to be bad? And I cannot describe myself as bad, because although I hate I would never hurt another living soul, even though I hate someone I could never do them any harm. It's truly a fine line.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
4 Mar 13
I believe everyone is born to be a good person. We all differ and become a certain person due to the environment where we were brought up. Say, a child is born and raised in a place where their environment is full of thugs, of people who are not law abiding. I would say this child will be different from someone who was raised in a community of people who lives a normal life we see, with a happy neighborhood, with parents who brings their child to church every so often. What makes or breaks a person is how she or he is brought up by their parents of by the people around him. Every factor is important and anything is possible really. It does not mean that a person born of criminal parents would be criminal themselves if they were brought up in an environment where they are loved, and taught what is right and wrong. A person's experience is always the best we can consider that forms a person's character and develops their personality.
@maurya83 (923)
• India
5 Mar 13
The most uncertain thing is human behavior, one cant be good or bad for all..I have heard so many shocking stories of mind changes and seen many cases of double personality. Human beings are more capable of color changing ability than chameleons..
@anuraa32 (2446)
• India
10 Mar 13
Whether a person is good or bad depends on his attitude more than his acts. The acts are circumstancial and subjective but not attitude. The act's badness can be nullified if your attitude is right.
@natliegleb (5175)
• India
4 Mar 13
well said and that is totally true because it is at the end of the day attitude which matters a lot
• Valdosta, Georgia
4 Mar 13
You are right, every single one of us sometimes do bad things and sometimes we do good things. It all depends on the situations we face. I try to do good things all the time, sometimes I fail too though since I am far from perfect. No one can judge others about what they do because we all mess up at times. It is our nature to make mistakes, we should just learn from the mistakes we make. If we learn from our mistakes and try to do better we are doing good.
@maurya83 (923)
• India
5 Mar 13
Hello there, No one is perfect in this world, you can't be good every time for everyone..its natural we made our world so complicated that we cant be goody-good all the time, yes we must learn from our mistakes and try to rectify the errors..
• India
4 Mar 13
God created man on his image. He breath and all of a sudden we had life. But eventually He forgot to touch the heart of some. Those who are touched became good and those not became selfish and bad. He put his touch to the one who bear them,our parents. They are the ones nurturing us with the way God want us to be. To live God in the center of our life. Still God had hopes for us, still had faith that one day we all find the way, that those who are lost are so closed to be found. That one day the bad became good and we won't lose our faith as He won't lose His faith for his sons.
@Nursefrai06 (2498)
• Penrith, Australia
6 Mar 13
I dont think we should judge peoe, i dont think were in the place to tell who is bad and who is good, were all just humans and we will make mistakes one way or another at one point or some other. Things just happen and life happens to us. It is only when we've done our parts in life then we'd be judged, no one knows how its done, or what happens next, as long as we fulfill our duty to be the best version of ourselves we can ever be.
• India
4 Mar 13
lol ... whatever may be one's circumstances, i wud not care to learn the good things from a bad man or woman. For me the bad and good depends on the image, one person has in society and moreover his/ her etiquette in dealings. It's again true that many persons are engaged in so called bad things and has good image too. I may think of interacting with them.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
4 Mar 13
Your right, no man is born to be good or bad. There are many factors that contributes how man would be when he/she grew up. Like, the way we were brought by our parents, surroundings or the environment where one lives have a great effects on one's character. Sometimes, circumstances have a role too. I guess, we can say that man are born neutral with regards to character, it's our choices that makes it different.
@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
4 Mar 13
I think it is not easy. We have to decide who is good for us? Someone hurt me deeply this wintery season. That person was an old friend from my distant past. I was attacked and put down for no other reason than that person has problems and was in a bad mood so took it out on me. What was said was for the most part not true at all. This person I had a relationship was I do remember as being always hot headed. I think I am better off leaving this person in the past now because of the negitivity. It will be better to find other friends that suit my personality much better?
@mohkanari (1957)
• India
4 Mar 13
In my opinion good qualities like love, kindness, leniency to sacrifice varies from person to person by birth itself. Similarly bad qualities too. No person is with fully good qualities or fully bad qualities. All persons have these good and bad qualities in varying extents. Living conditions and experiences can bring changes in its extent. But these inborn qualities will have its inertia throughout his/her life. Social set up has important role to cherish good qualities of persons without considering whether they are listed as good person or bad person as well as to curtail circumstances to do bad or evil activities.
@else22 (4317)
• India
4 Mar 13
We all are human beings.We have our own potentials and limitations.And we all have our own plus and minus points.When our plus points dominate our personality and guide our behavior,we become good persons then.And the next moment if our negative points occupy the driving seat,we get transformed into a bad person.And this happens multiple times in a day.We can't be altogether good or bad,instead,we are both good and bad depending on our tendencies that drive us at a particular time.
@Angelpink (4035)
• Philippines
4 Mar 13
Hi there ! For me we can't decide for others whether they are good or bad but only in our deeds we can. So many hypocrisies around , showing the good side but deep inside they have no inner conscience , but all in dark. To win the applause and praise of everyone , doing all the charity works , number one in the list who donated big but in real life even a relative can hardly borrow without any collaterals .No one can best describe and tell honestly about us but ourself only. We greatly know whether we are doing the right thing or not. Your inner voice will speak to you if you're doing bad . You just need to listen to it and you won't be in wrong road but what happen is we don't pay attention to our inner voice , ignoring it that is why so many lived a sinful life. Thats why always doing bad.
@king2020 (26)
• Malaysia
4 Mar 13
Jesus gave us a simple test of what is good and what is bad. It is called the Golden Rule. Other philosophers have expounded upon it, expanded it or said it in so many other words, but it comes down to this: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.