To be good, or not to be
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City life poses many a dilemmas to the man in a hurry. Giving an impromptu lift to someone, pointing out someone’s change has fallen down, returning excess cash to the cashier, taking an injured to the hospital… all of us are generous, but how often and how far does it go?
A little sincerity is dangerous; too much of it is fatal. Just rephrasing the well known quote of Wilde, but the topic of this post is about how difficult it is to be a good man. It requires real courage, and so the weak hearted, who often intend to do good, many a times end up going no further.
When good men and women keep quiet, the reckless and the bold take over. It’s no wonder that a bad man with tons of courage is held in greater respect than a good old timid man. It is my general observation out of experience that being good, or doing selfless...