Month: November 2023

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I Done Good

I know someone who brags about all the good she has done. She wears every good deed like another notch in her belt.

She is the first one to jump into a crisis to offer help. She will sacrifice her time and money and energy to help someone in need.

But, it in the end, it is all for her.

I don’t think she realizes it, she is totally unaware of why people sour on her. She never understands why I will never take any offer of help from her, no matter what the situation.

I don’t want to be another notch in her belt.

When you do good, keep it to yourself. Sure, a good deed also makes you feel good. But it is not for bragging rights. It is not about you.

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The Good, the Bad, the Beautiful and the Ugly.

One of my favourite movies is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. So I borrow this title for my post, with a minor modification, because I am not going to write about the movie, but about life.

Life is the good, the bad, the BEAUTIFUL and the ugly.

We forget the beautiful part.

We also forget that life is ALL of the above. You cannot live without experiencing all it has to offer. If you focus only on one of the the four, your life will suffer.

Life is the whole package and it does not play any favourites.

But you can get through the bad and the ugly by remembering the good, and mostly, the beautiful.

You may come to realize, surprise, surprise, that the bad and the ugly are also beautiful.

In fact, all of life is beautiful.

The bad and the ugly will teach you that.