godly goodness

All my life I've been told to grow into being a "good person", but what exactly is a "good person"? Do they even exist, or is it just a big facade put up by people to swim through life easily? Is it just another extension of charisma? Are you born with it, or do you have to work for it?

Being "good" in my opinion = minding your business because in this economy, it seems impossible for people to contain their meddlesome character. Being good doesn't seem to come naturally, instead being a busybody does. Being a good person in no way equals being kind or sweet because that is SO easy to fake, you fake it, i fake it, we all fake it. Being good has nothing to do with elaborate gestures or grandeur expressions, rather its about containment. Being a solid person has everything to do with the ability to stop the domino effect of negative emotions flowing from one person to another in a constant loop.

Being grounded and good is all about the almost divine choice to keep your hurt, anger, and insecurity from touching another soul, even when projecting them would be the path of least resistance. It’s the awareness that your emotions have weight, and that weight shouldn’t fall on someone who didn’t sign up to carry it. It’s recognizing that a moment of inner turbulence doesn’t justify creating an unnecessary ripple in another person’s life.

Being a good person has nothing to do with vulnerability, dependence, and innocence, but it's at its core is about self-sufficiency in your emotional world; the ability to make yourself content enough without any external validation and interference.

In no way am I what I just preached and wrote about, but for me to work towards achieving this godly goodness, I need a spelt out goal and end result, and now, I think I do.

It’s a simple idea with a profound impact:

taking responsibility for your inner world so you don’t distort the outer one.