What is
good, what is bad; I often ask myself. What is nice and sincerely how nice can
one be, if we are to go by your definition. Any day, time or place Man is first
selfish; there is an overwhelming Natural force that compels men to think about
SELF first before neighbors. (I cant really place my hand round this, but one
is apt to consider the need of self and family first before an outsider),
science have time without number told us that resources are scarce; for the
most part this has affected our personal culture or socialization, so that even
if my neighbor is dying of cold, I won’t give my blanket, because its one I
have and I can feel the cold too. Of course it sounds logical, even the bible
advises us to love our neighbor as ourselves, the same way if am very hungry, I
eat what is available without thinking if my neighbor has had anything to eat
since yesterday, logically I have not offended any laws whether here or beyond,
so i deserve to breathe some free air and still enjoy the benefits of humanity.
What would
you say if I give my blanket & food or share them with my neighbor, how
would you perceive me? That am a Nice guy or Christian or Good man? What if i
did it so that, i receive the same gesture from the receiver, or I did it to
receive a reward from God or I did it to gain favour or trust from my neighbor?
The big question is what would you think of me, if you found out what my
intentions were for my gestures? Frantically a great deal of the human population
do things for a reason, many a reason cannot sincerely be considered as great
or inspiring or modeled after. Today Nice, Good, Bad are titles bestowed on
everyday folks by everyday folks for reward or request or judgment of favour or
compromise or dis-favour respectively. These titles are not earned free in the
real sense of it. But what is my business with intentions of gestures, of
course the more good and nice gestures we have, the more the world is a better
place. But the truth is that however you look at it, good or bad is relative,
so no matter what I do, it depends how you perceive it.
If the
above is the case, then one would wonder why the world is not yet a better
place, maybe because the intentions for these gestures is followed by expectations,
expectations that are become burdens for the recipients and hope for the giver
of the gestures. What happens if these expectations are not met or delayed? So
imagine, I give a beggar sitting on the side of the road some money, with
intentions of obeying the bible by doing my neighbor good so that I can receive
tenfold blessing from God in a near future, and in a near future I don’t
receive this blessing in the form I expected it, what would be my reaction in
the future when a beggar approaches me and actively engages me in a discussion
so as to receive money from me, I bet i would not be motivated to repeat this
gestures, yet gestures repeated is what is needed to make the world a better
place.
However if
you notice me giving the beggar the money, you will be inclined to tag me a
nice guy, even the beggar will give me this title. He wouldn`t care what my
intentions are, since am interested in making his life better, at that point is
he not selfish? If I have an intention, am I not selfish? To lead an ideal
Life, to be relevant to humanity one must be careful with gestures, intentions
and expectations; these forces have the ability to bring to zero whatever
gestures are made. Imagine when the intentions for gestures are genuine Love;
imagine what the world will be like. To Love genuinely and act accordingly is
to be Godly, to be Righteous, to be relevant to humanity, to lead an ideal
life. To be Nice is to be a Mediocre or Hypocrite. Strive to be Right, be the
right guy, not the nice guy.
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