My ideals get tested

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I think goodness is usually confused with convenience because people like to do nice things when they see a good outcome or when they can get something in return. There are some that out of the goodness of their health and soul will go out of their way to do things with no personal interest but you and me both know we can't live life like that unless we have everything coming to us for free already.

To be able to do good or something right when everything else is going against you is another level. Imagine trying to help someone who doesn’t want to be helped or helping someone who doesn’t appreciate the assistance and you also know that the help won't give you anything good directly just the person's benefit and the person is still messing with the help you're trying to give. To be able to keep going is something else. When your honesty and integrity costs you something and you do it regardless.

A lot of people when faced with these circumstances abandon their principles and their ideals. It is not that it's realistic or normal to give up when things get difficult, it is just easier.

Integrity is knowing what is right. People carry integrity like it is a trophy until they face a very difficult scenario, then they drop it. They claim the circumstances were out of their control or the rules changed. You can bet they'll find the reasons why.

Doing good is not always pure good when it is conditional. This means it cannot be good when you feel like it or when the outcome is in your favor, or even when you get something in return. Goodness to me is doing what right is no matter what. That's the most difficult thing I've ever tried to commit to doing. I feel like a fool in some situations. But a line must also be drawn between being good and allowing bad people to take advantage of you.

Imagine doing the right thing knowing that that will surely make you lose in the end. Trying to be nice to people who least deserve it and speaking the truth when it is a lie that serves you best. Doesn't it sometimes feel like it is not worth it to do the right thing. Know that this is not a reason to stop what you are doing.

The goal is not to base goodness on some final goal. You have traded your goodness for something else when you do good with the expectation of certain outcomes. You have traded your goodness for something smaller, something that serves only you and not the greater good.

This is where I got stuck for a while, only experiences got me out.

The goodness that doesn't rely on final results is making an inner decision about your moral conviction before life defines that for you. Life is going to test that moral conviction and when it does test you, that answer will either be defined or it won't be. Define yours before life does.

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