Are you a good person?

Well, im a good person but i think, every one can be evil if he/she wants to right?..
But when are u a good person lol?

if u help people?

give me some points when someone is a good person lol
and i post another reply x]

becuz i dont know what a good person is.
 
I would say that I'm a good person... but I'm not going to. I'm a very aggressive person and apparently (according to one of my friends) there's something about me that just screams "I will kick your ass if you even try."

I do help people, but here lately I've gone to making up excuses as to not help them, simply because I always manage to get dirt thrown in my face and pulled into their world of drama. (SUCK!)

I'm always there for my friends though. I don't pick on people or bully them, because I wouldn't like it if it were done to me. I do, however, not tolerate mopey people. People who are always depressed and are in a 'woe is me' kind of mind frame. If you have time to whine about it then you have time to do something about it. It's a different story if someone just lost a family member or something to that extent.
 
No way of telling if I'm a good person really. Though I do have a self perception of myself that I can say is remotely good.

I try to look for ways for bettering situations for others around me. If a buddy of mine is fed up of his job, I offer for him to come over and chill with us and relax. I try not to make it frequent, because of course he/she needs his/her own things to relax on.. but you know. I basically try do as little of tearing people down as possible, and actually I've been quite good about it for some time now. If someone vents to me about a certain someone, I let them blow their steam, and give them some perspective. Just as a friend would, not a psychologist would.

I really don't have any needs for myself, but I do get wrapped up into video games when I know I could be doing something else. Hince why I started doing the whole marathon training bit. I would love to say it was some self righteous thing from the heart, but seriously it was to get back into shape. Now helping kids and stuff, that was a huge plus for me, but it was not to make me look good, only to make a dent where I could on some of the unforgiving pieces in the world.

I never bring religion into play around people. If someone tries to relate their morals by religion, I think to myself.. as long as it doesn't harm anyone else.

I am a humanitarian.. so I try to live my life with as much Humility as possible, so if that makes me a good person.. well I dunno. I try never to change people. Why? because it's not my place, I try to be accepting of everyone. Whether they be an uptight biznitch, or a stoner who has very little communicative skills.

I try to set goals.. like last year I gave over $500.00 to friends in need. I also was able to raise $300.00 for my St. Jude's race, and then turned around and sponsered a kid at Christmas time. I don't do this to feel better about myself, but because I would rather see a kid have a christmas than not.. the future after all is with them. Let's just hope they learn how to pay it forward. As for my friends.. I hope they learn to give to others as well, it doesn't matter if its money.. or hanging out with someone who generally has had a shiznit day.. and just offer an ear, without giving feedback all the time. Some people just need 5 seconds.. and they feel appreciated.

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I like to point out though I can be an ass when my buttons are pressed. I am by far never close to being perfect, and can be abbrasive.. if someone is needing a reality check.. I am opinionated, but only show it someone steps severely over the line.

So Good.. I dunno. I'm working on it.
 
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Boy is this the million dollar question...

I don't drink, don't go out partying instead of studying, don't smoke, I work, create, animate, try to make life pleasant for others and generally try to do my best.

But does any of that make me a good person, or even a needed person?

I find that i'm often uncomfortable around people I don't really know. My conversation topics appear to be far too limited due to lack of general pop culture amongst my generation, and my references are either not in thier tastes or too out there. Often I spend my time alone- I write and lyricise but without others. I enjoy watching certain things alone, I withdraw myself, I often go against the general concensus in terms of what is considered good or outstanding, I disagree with the use of the term climate change, I think we have an immigration problem yet not a racial one and not just to do with people coming in but out own people, I can't be very interesting, I'm not as funny as I'd like to think I am.

So keeping my nose clean probably hasn't made me a 'good' person.
 
From my perspective, I might be classified as a "good" person. The problem is obvious in the fact that it's incredibly easy to consider your own self as "good."

From my definition of a "good person," I'm a bit off. Only just barely enough to make an outside observer question it.

I base most of what I define as "good" from my studying of Confucianism. According to Confucianism, oddly enough, I'm pretty damn evil. Obviously, I have made sub-conscious modifications to the ideology to fit my own point of view on life.

Confucius said:
"The benevolent man is never in two minds."
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Which ties into his earlier one of...

Confucius said:
"When faced with the choices of what is right, and what is profitable, the gentleman has already made his decision."
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Both combined meaning, a "good" person has already chosen to do what is right, with out having to think about the situation at all. Now, I've modified it a bit to fit my lifestyle, and more modern situations. The biggest being that I'll fight back to defend certain people as needed, which Confucius would have never advocated, ie,

Confucius said:
"There may be times, where in order to maintain benevolence, the gentleman will be forced to accept death."
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So, to sum up, I'm both good and not so good.
 
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I would call myself a good person. I can be brash about some things, but for the most part, I won't make an effort to slander, hurt or harm anyone in any way.

I suppose the definition of what a good person is would all be strictly connotation. I would say it has a lot to do with the personality of said individuals. Sometimes as bad as someone may seem, their intentions are pure. I can admit that I've done some things in my life that I'm not proud of, but then again, we all have. Sometimes doing something bad is necessary to see good results. I would prefer to do things from a nice approach, but its not always that easy. I know all of us have been in these situations at one time or another. I think one who approaches situations from a good angle makes for a good person. There's always more than one way to solve a problem, do you choose to solve it assertively? If yes, then it's probably safe to say, you're a good person. :ryan:
 
Heh, I should've seen a question like this pop up sooner or later.No, I'm not a good person, but I'm not totally evil or anything like that. All I'm saying is that there's times when I really do want to help someone and be nice, but when I'm having a bad day, I'm a total ass. Honestly though, I don't think anyone can be considered a truly good person. We may think we're pure and all that, but everyone has some kind of fault (sometimes we're not even aware of it). You know, a 'dark side'.
 
Im mostly a good person but im bad if people piss me off for no reason.

I use to make trouble at school with my friends but not anymore,we make fun of nerds on xbox live...
 
Im not sure, depends what mood Im in. I can be good and bad also, its odd with me. To me a good person is someone who helps out others and is good to them basically. Like I said, with me it depends on my mood.
 
Depends. Im a good person to other people, im the nicest guy. really. But when it comes to myself...thats another story. I personally dislike myself. I feel not worthy of anything. I drink too much beer and dont really care too much about myself. Does that make me a bad person? but then again, to other people, i treat them like family. hmmm, i wonder about that sometimes...
 
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