How to be a better person

[Geoff-Allen]

Hope you're all well!

Just found this page in my travels -

How to be a better person

1. Forgive those who have offended you, even if they’re not sorry.

2. Thank those who have helped you, even if they’ve never thanked you for what you’ve done.

“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.” ~James D. Miles

3. Be kind to those you need nothing from.

4. Care how strangers feel, even if they don’t care how you feel.

“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.” ~Will Rogers

5. Weigh your words and actions and care how they impact others.

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.” ~David Star Jordan

6. Never use lousy emotions to justify lousy behavior.

Plenty more on this page! -

45 Ways to Be a Better Person

Enjoy your day!

 

[Foxic]

Eh, I don't see that so much as being a better person than allowing others to take advantage of you.

 

[Debater Slayer]

1. Forgive those who have offended you, even if they’re not sorry.

4. Care how strangers feel, even if they don’t care how you feel.

These sound like horrendous, potentially exploitable approaches. There's a fine line between being kind and being a doormat. I find them to be on the same level of naivety as "turn the other cheek."

 

[Aldrnari]

These sound like horrendous, potentially exploitable approaches. There's a fine line between being kind and being a doormat. I find them to be on the same level of naivety as "turn the other cheek."

I agree... There's a lot to be said for being the better man, but there is a lot to be said for sticking up for one's self as well. If you give people an inch, they will take a mile.

 

[Mock Turtle]

These sound like horrendous, potentially exploitable approaches. There's a fine line between being kind and being a doormat. I find them to be on the same level of naivety as "turn the other cheek."

Perhaps, but by doing so, one often tends to gain more than one loses. Holding on to things or not trying to understand others better is often the seed that develops into the poisonous shrub, or tree. Number 4 is rather more difficult than the first perhaps.

Nice list though.