do you think you're a good person

France
August 21, 2010 2:02pm CST
Do you define yourself as a good person?? Deep inside, I sometimes feel that I don't really fit in my family. These people I'm living with (i'm living with the parents and my sister for the summer by the way, and I'm going back to france this september for classes) are good people, and I'm not sure if I could keep up and be as good as them. I've done horrible things in my life, I wish I can state it here.. but you could not imagine how that would damage me. I want to repent for all my sins, but I know sooner or later I would re-engage myself in that kind of life I hate so much. Being away from my family is the biggest mistake I've done in my life.
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@meemingNEW (2226)
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
Thank you for sharing by the way. As of reading your post, it just shows how good you are as a person that even though you have done horrible things in life, you are now regretting and repenting the things that you did. To be honest, I feel the same thing like you do. Last March 2010, I should have graduated college already. But like you, I did horrible things that disappointed my parents and some people who cared for me. I'm like the black sheep in the family for real. But I do believe that I'm still good because I feel so bad and sorry for what I did. Even if I've committed lots of mistakes in my life, all I can do is to prove to the ones I disappointed that naturally I'm good. I was just in a point of my life where I'm confused with a lot of things. But I'll change. I think you should too. "As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around. " - Oprah
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• France
22 Aug 10
Oh, thank you very much for the advices meeming. Yeah, I think I'm a bit confused about life, and a lot of things. What with my hormonal-based actions, I wish I am a bit stronger than I am now. And not always be influenced to do things just because everyone's doing it, or just because it makes you look cool. If I look back at what I've become, I really want to change many things about myself. And I think, the first thing to do is to change my behaviour :)
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Aug 10
lilmuchang Yes I think i am a good person as I try to t reat everyone the way I would want to be treated, that is the golden rule, my mother first taught me that, and also to help other people as much as I could. My dear are you so sure you are all that bad? You say you have done horrible things in your life? o kay you faced that but that does not mean you will do those horrible things again. You have full moral agency to change the way you do things, I think you have lost your self esteem and yourself along the way.Why not say I am not going back to that kind of life.I am unique, I am lilmuchang, I am somebody, I like myself, I love myself, shout it ou t and believe it. You are a child of God and he did not make inferior stuff.So you made some errors, and you did not like what you did, thats good, that means your conscience is wo rking, so now start liking yourself. you have looked at your family as perfect but nobody is really perfect, and you are not nearly as bad as you think you are.Sure easy for me to say. but yuo have seen it, so now you start to change. the first thing is to like yourself again, love yourself so you can love others. tell yourself I am renewed, I am not going back to the life I hated. I am starting anew with new self confidence. Have you ever sat down and talked with the person in your family whom you are the cloest? perhaps he or she could help you to start a new life that you are proud of. all of us here at one time or another have done things we are not proud of but we heard o ur conscience and we did make c hanges. good luck and God Bless.
• United States
22 Aug 10
You almost brought tears to my eyes Hatley. What a beautiful comment! And lilmuchang, everyone does things that they are not very proud of. I consider myself a good person, however, there was a time in my life where I was not very good. I think everyone goes through a stage in their lives where they push the limits of their morals, the law, whatever the case maybe. And sometimes it takes those "bad" things, to make you into the good person that you become. I was raised to always do the right thing and I have wonderful parents that raised us kids very good. However, in my late teens and early twenties, I rebelled, boy or boy, did I rebel. But I did things I wouldn't be so proud of, but I definitely learned from that, and changed my terrible rebellious ways. And like Hatley said, you have to start with a new self confidence. When I look back now at some of the things that I did when I was young, I am certainly not proud, but it shaped me into the person I am today. Good luck to you lilmuchang :-)
• France
22 Aug 10
Yeah, I think I AM going through that stage where youngsters do whatever they want to, rebel and say it out loud if they don't like it. I do love myself, the ME i was before. But since I got to know this certain someone, THAT special someone in fact, my life changes abruptly, because I'll act using my heart instead of my mind. I can't think clearly, they do say that LOVE is blind but at times, i hate myself for falling in love in the first place. I do hope I can change for the better, and fix this all up :(
• India
22 Aug 10
Nope i am not a good person at all because i have lied, cheated and stole. No i am not referring to eddie guerrero. I am just talking about myself. I have been a bad son and i always will be i guess. am trying to be good if i can so that i could do something. I have been lately trying helping my mom as often as i can. Right now i just got a little angry at her and then i left her alone again. I want to change myself and soon or hope i will change myself. Cheers!
• France
22 Aug 10
It's good that you admitted all your sins, ravi. That's the first step in changing yourself for the better :) Please do love your mum, our parents are the most precious treasure in our life. Respect them, as they have brought us up with all their might.
@aaronfyzeon (1920)
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
Yes I see and regard myself as a good person. It is also being said by my friends and family. We can always have a self discipline not to do those bad things again and again if you are already got used to it. We can also do some right things to cover up with the bad things that we have done before. We are just human beings. Born to make mistakes and bad things. It is just that we have to ask for forgiveness to God and the people we have done it with. And let us exert extra effort not to do those things again. Have a great week end.
• France
22 Aug 10
Thanks aaronfyzeon, yeah a lot of extra effort needed to change this little brain of mine haha :) We all do make mistakes, but I wish I can be as good as a human being can be. I want to participate in charity works, or something, and change for the better you know. And not waste my time on something that is so not worth it, like looking for a soulmate? Haha
@jailo12 (332)
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
i can say im not a good person for the reason that i have done mistakes from the past ..but being a good person really doesnt mean that your a perfect person with no mistake ,as long as regret and repent those mistakes that you have done that makes you a person in character and a good one ..because no one's really perfect and so as a perfect good person ..^^
@jhyan007 (467)
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
...being good or bad is not a question...determining whether that someone is good or bad is not base on facts but rather an opinion..everyone has their own share of good and bad things in life..so don't be so down about it my friend, just think of this...there are other people who have done more horrible things in life that you did, but they choose to stand up and leave the past behind..don't be too attach with your past, live a new life in the present..in that way, you can continue stepping forward...although we don't have to forget the past, but should learn from the past and use those learnings in how we mold our future..hear this my friend, your family is worthy of you as much as how you worth to them...have a good day!
• France
22 Aug 10
I will, I want to forget about my past, and change for the better. I'm not down, I'm just pondering about life, and how everyone's coping with their life. Life is a journey, and I'm trying my best to make the best out of it. i'm struggling a bit at the moment, but I know I've got good moral support from family and friends, and that all will be well in no matter of time. I know many other people have done more terrible things in life, but I don't want to compare myself with them. But I do want to compare myself that have devoted their lives for a better world, like Lady Diana and such :)
• United States
21 Aug 10
I am capable of thinking myself as a bad person or a good person. It all depends on the mood.
@sublime03 (2339)
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
It is not a question that anyone should ask themselves. Everybody is good in their own little way. We do not have to ask ourselves because we are all good. It just so happens that circumstances gears people to do things and thus makes them think there is no good in them anymore.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
22 Aug 10
I like to think of myself as a good person. i have always tried my best to be one. i hope that others see me this way as well. i would not feel good about myself as a person if someone saw me as a bad person.
@qianyun6 (2067)
• China
22 Aug 10
I don't define myself as a good person, not bad guy either. I'm only a common person who lives on my way! I don't have the desire to save others, and I also don't need others' save. What I want is only a quiet, comfortable life.
@gaboni (644)
• Israel
22 Aug 10
I think I am. for example, I just rated you +. Now lets get serious, I think I am a good person because everyone tells me so eventhough I really am not doing much for it or put too much afford in being like that... I guess it is my nature. My bad quality is that I am actually too kind, as my good friend told me, he is saying that I should not be that kind and care because people might use it against me. Lucky me, it still has not happened to me.
@lfloresca (116)
• Philippines
22 Aug 10
I can say it by answer may be. May be because sometimes I made good things to my family and and make them happy but the other thing is that I can't help them when it comes to financial problem. Even if we did something bad just remember that their is always another chance to make that things right.
@bololobo (177)
• Thailand
22 Aug 10
I believe that I'm a good person. I always help my friends when they need, work hard, and take care of myself very well. Is it enoungh to be a good person ?