I don't normally share anything about my personal life online partly because I don't care to and partly because its not very interesting to share, with so many concepts and ideas to explore why even talk about yourself?
Like most humans, I'm just figuring shit out as I go along for as long as I have on this little blue planet. I've made my fair share of mistakes and will continue to do so into the future. Overall I try to be a good person to myself and everyone I come into contact with but I'm really starting to wonder what is the point of it all.
I guess its easy to be a good person when the world and people are receptive to it but hard when its not and I guess I'm supposed to stick it out right? 2019 has hit pretty hard with both personal and professional losses and I am starting to have doubts about the point of being decent.
I recently received some pretty disturbing news that rocked me down to my core and it started bringing this all up to the surface.
They say evil thrives on the understanding and tolerance of good people. Evil will triumph the moment good people do nothing. So is there a way to be a good person and be actionable?
- Why be the decent guy when the woman prefers to be with someone who mistreats her?
- Why be the decent guy when work is only handed to those who employ underhanded tactics?
- Why be the decent guy when indecent men will attack you when you're defenseless?
Why does man have to be so cruel? I don't even think there is an equal act of goodness that can match to some of the atrocities man commits every day. Just thinking about the things people do to one another on a daily basis turns my stomach.
Is there still hope for decent people?
What I want to know is sticking to my values worth it? Is being a good person ever going to make a difference? How can goodness compete with instant gratification, material wealth and the rest of the vices/values the modern world holds so dear?
Since I have no answers, I pose the question to you people of steemit. What do you think?
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