Truth, Compassion and Tolerance
How to be a good person
What is important in this world? To be rich? To be powerful? To be smart? To be beautiful? To be healthy?
All of these things have value. If you aren’t healthy, it’s harder to be happy. If you are attractive, it’s easier to find a mate. Being smart makes it easier to solve problems. Of course if you are powerful and/or rich, it’s easier to get what you want.
All of these things can give you good results, but what about being good? Is that important?
Ancient cultures as far flung as the Greeks, the Chinese, and the Maya considered what it meant to be good. Given the course of recent events, being good seems more important than ever.
What are the factors of goodness? Ancient Romans considered duty and honor to be paramount; filial obedience was also a component, which was also true with many Asian cultures.
What about today?
In my personal opinion, I consider three things to be foundational for being a good person: truth, compassion, and tolerance. You may disagree with me, which is fine. Feel free to let me know what you consider important to be considered good.
Truth
What does truth actually mean? After all, doesn’t the definition of what is…
