I believe strongly that it is oneâs intentions that dictate whether or not they are âgoodâ/âbadâ. It is not actions we should base our judgement, nor achievement, but intention. A person could be completely kind and selfless with impure intention, changing the nature of their actions completely. So while I donât think itâs possible to have good intentions all the time (to be wholly altruistic), I firmly believe that it is a way in which we can judge a persons goodness. It is also a way in which i find forgiveness easy, knowing one had good intentions with bad execution is often means to just live and let die.Â
âKindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.â
-Emanuel Swedenborg
(also curiousity, a friendship dies when you stop wanting to know more about the other person, a good person offers their curiosity unwaveringly)
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"I believe we are meaning-seeking creatures, and these feelings of meaning, relational and connective, are almost always located within kindness. Kindness is the force that draws us together, and this, Beau, is what I think I am trying to say â that despite our collective state of loss, and our potential for evil, there exists a great network of goodness, knitted together by countless everyday human kindnesses.
These often small, seemingly inconsequential acts of kindness, that Soviet writer Vasily Grossman calls âpetty, thoughtless kindnessâ, or âunwitnessed kindnessâ bind together to create a subterranean and vanquishing Good that counterbalances the forces of evil and prevents suffering from overwhelming the world. We reach out and find each other in the common darkness. By doing so we triumph over our collective and personal loss. Through kindness we slant, shockingly and miraculously, toward meaning. We discover, in that smallest gesture of goodwill laid at the feet of our mutual and monumental loss, âthe pointâ.
Love, Nick"
Please never give up hope in humanity! The "unwitnessed kindnesses" that Nick refers to not only demonstrate care, but also manifest a kind of love within us that is bigger than religion. When I think about "God," I think about our capacity for that love. That to me IS God. â¤ď¸
Mar 24, 2025
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You donât need to suffer to prove that youâre a good person. You donât have to stay with the job that makes you question yourself and you donât have to keep dating that person youâre not quite clicking with. If something feels off then it probably is. Iâm not advocating for immediately abandoning your responsibilities and throwing caution to the wind; but in our hearts we know when something is working and when it isnât.
That thing called intuition is your soul, and you can trust it.
Dec 31, 2024
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hereâs are some of my favourite quotes from media that align in my mind
âBut loving someone, and being loved means so much to me. We always make fun of it and stuff. But isnât everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?â from before sunrise is so true but i also think that so much of what we do in our lives is to be seen or really heard
âFirst we only want to be seen, but once weâre seen, thatâs not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered.â
from one of my favourite books station eleven and i also really agree cause humans want to be remembered so badly, from the things they create like art to the work they do for others, whether thatâs a selfish goal to want to be remembered for what you do for others rather than doing it out of desire to help other people i donât know but itâs interesting
âAnd anyway, we're talkin' about niceness. Not what's his name. My mammy, she was nice. I remember her. And my daddy, he was nice. I remember him. And my sister, she's nice. I'll remember her. Forever I'll remember her.â
this whole interaction from the banshees of inisherin is amazing and so beautiful. i can understand both sides i guess but niceness really is so important!!! after this Colm counters PĂĄdraic by asking him who else will remember his sisterâs and his niceness but it doesnt matter so much WHO remembers your niceness because that memory and the mark you make yourself through it will be remembered through your impact on the world
the earth will remember our ânicenessâ to one another and the beauty of the things we create like art and music and the things that are made for others to see and hear us, whether it physically lasts or even in the memories of other people, the world will remember your impact.
Mar 21, 2025
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Thereâs nothing quite like falling asleep in the sun in 30 degree weather, one of lifeâs greatest blessings. I love a little honk shoo to forget what I should be doing instead.
Mar 15, 2025
When looking up in a densely packed forest, i find there is so much beauty in the cracks where the sunlight escapes between a canopy of trees. Like maps of rivers, or veins in the arm, the space between has so much merit in its own and more, so many stories to tell. I love looking up! We should all make more of a habit of it! Wings of desire!
Feb 15, 2025