Practicing Being Good

We are all humans. No matter who we are and where we come from, our gender, our color, our religion, our assets, none of that is going to change the fact we are all humans. We were borned naked and we will all end up the same way, dead. What goes in between is learning and praticing… and then … praticing… and then praticing…. and then praticing once again.

It is never easy to let go of those hard feelings when it is about ourselves. Easier said than done, hell yeah. But it is not impossible. If in one hand we are humans and it looks like we don’t have the meanings to put up with all the pain, on the other hand we are humans and we definitely have the meanings to put a stop to all that suffering.

But then… We just need a little more practice.

Because even when we find out we are capable of doing good, we realise we are not perfect and we waste our energy and deep thoughts, thinking we are not good enough for ‘practicing being good’.

Practicing being good is understanding the person who’s next to us, trying to figure out why is he/she acting like this? As we are not always patient nor perfect, we should be able to put ourselves into the place of this person. How would I feel if I was in his/her place? We should be able to remember that it could have been us or maybe just realise that tomorrow, we could be commiting the same mistake, after all we never say never. And because of that we’d really appreciate if someone could just be gentle enough to help us out when we’re a little out of hand.

If in one way we could become irracional because of the anger we are feeling, on the other way we should remember we could become the brigde to put an end to a really bad arguing. We should be certain that the best teaching is the example we are giving. When we reply with a smile, or with an inofensive joke, things get a lot lighter and easier. We are capable of great things when we actually consider the fact that we could be acting in favor of a better society for our family, school or workplace.

It is really good when we feel the difference we do in peoples lives. We are really important and we make a difference! It is essential that we undestand once for all that when we do nothing against violence, we are helping it! So if we could really practice not being violent, it would be of a great matter to the world!

On the other hand, if all these arguments just fail in our mind – and you bet they could fail terribly – we should remember breathing, counting little sheeps, praying, singing gospel songs or doing what ever it takes, to bring balance and comfort to the moment. Use nice jokes to work around difficult situations, use your smile, use your kindness. You have not a clue of how important and powerful this is. Nobody can resist a good joke and a beautiful smile. You should know that your thoughts and energy make the difference in it.

Try to keep in mind no human on earth is the same. We are all different, but equals. And even if it is not for our best interest, we should try keeping balance of things, because eventually we could be the one needing assistence and understanding.

It is also important to say we are never alone. We should support our friends the best way we can, but we should also remember to look for help and counseling when necessary, cause in really difficult situations, it is certainly easier to calm down when you also have someone that understands and listens to you.

Either way, if we are helping or commiting a mistake we should have an open mind towards this, cause it is all about learning. Life is a great opportunity to get better and we should always keep practicing being good. Remember the most important thing is that we should respect everyone’s point of view in the matter, because thinking different doesn’t make anyone wrong. It only means we have different ideas because we come from different realities, and we should actually enjoy this great opportunity to understand different thoughts from different perpectives.

It is known that our world is changing rapidly and meaningfully and that not many things could actually be understood, even so, this is a real pleasure when we get to feel peace after being true and doing the best we can. ‘Cause no matter how hard it looks like, we should be aware that it is possible to become a better person and that we can transform ourselves into better beings and our world into a better place. You bet we can!