Does ‘being good’ only count when someone knows about it?
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Does ‘being good’ only count when someone knows about it?
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Good one to ponder! 🙂
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Thanks Frank
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According to my dog…yes. What’s the point if there’s no cookie?
Seriously, being good is like forgiveness, we do it for ourselves.
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I kinda agree with both statements. You are right but Maddie as a point. I do like cookies.
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Wag wag wag (from Maddie)
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Hmmm deep…
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Don’t drown!
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Being good should always be what we strive for, regardless of who sees us or not!
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We should . . .
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Unfortunately a lot of people like to be Seen to be doing good. The truly good just get on with it and help out whenever they can. 🙂
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That is it exactly!
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🙂
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If a bear falls in the woods do you or I want to be there to know about it ? Perhaps not up close.
Actually counting is not what matters. It is allowing good example to be shared. Something we should all bare with.
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It can motivate . . .
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Motivation is the key to expectation.
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oooh I like that!
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Being good never needs to be seen by anyone. It seems to me that only a person who is rarely being good would want to advertise when they’re doing a good deed. That, in and of itself, tales a big chunk out of the “good deed”.
Ginger
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That’s what I think.
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My Mother in Law used to say, “She/He’s already got their reward when people have to brag.
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Probably! And by the way mushrooms grow without any light.
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hahaha. Don’t they also grow in . . . feces? (well, in the beginning)
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Not really feces. Any old material that’s dying off like tree stumps.
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I dislike the encouragement of ‘telling’ when good is done. It somehow negates the kind deed. At school, children should be tutored on kindness and giving, as at home. My mother always told me to help when going somewhere for tea, or at least offer to help.. As she was the kindest Mum imaginable, it wasn’t difficult to follow her advice, bless her memory. x
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My Mom was the same. She was a great role model.
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there are times to do a good deed privately and times when we model this for others – or have it modeled for us –
and it is less about private or pubic and more about the heart, the ego, and the motive – eh??
thanks for getting us thinking
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Thanks, I agree.
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“Of course it does!” exclaimed the ‘social media influencer’. “What’s the point of doing it otherwise?”
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That explains so many of our youth today!
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Yep.
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Nope. If the tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see it fall, the tree still knows it fell.
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And so does whatever was underneath it.
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Good question you asked. For me, doing good need not be tooted like a horn. I prefer the silent good being done and it is not for the world to see but the higher ups on another plane of reality. I ramble.
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And you are right! We should do ‘good’ because it is needed not because we want recognition.
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😃It takes away the fun of genuine kindness when it is done to get recognised or publicity. Your post speaks volumes❤🤗🍃🍂
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If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to observe it, did it fall? Sorry for answering a question with a question.
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I love this question because I believe the answer is yes. As Sorryless said” . . . the tree still knows it fell.”
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I agree!
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