Are you a good person?

We have become so machine like there is no human nature left in us anymore. Honestly do you think you are a good person? Let me rephrase it do you think you have the qualities that define a good person? Obviously enough since we don't harm anyone and we don't stomp on ants or bugs and we say "awwww" when we see a cute dog or a cat we assume we are good. End of story. Is that really the end of the story?

These days thats where we stop. Selfishness is what defines us these days and yet we claim we are good. When was the last time anyone stopped and said let me do something for that bum on the corner, or lend a helping hand to an old person in a store. Yeah we definitely have done something for them but was it unconditional. Most of the time the answer is NO! Yes we give the bum some cash but we are so quick to judge about his life style. I am guilty as charged myself. Compassion is just a random word these days, because we have our own perils. Showing compassion is not always how much money did we donate, it could also be and should always be do we really care. We do care most of the time until the next person we want to hook up is visible or the next party we go to. We become so engrossed in our daily lives and bicker about how much of a tough time we have living we don't see that there are people with tougher lives. Imagine a blind person trying to cross six lanes at peak time, he manages to do it everyday at the same time and never once have I seen him frown or vent about it. Just amazes me how someone healthy like me vents about the perils of life atleast once a day.

I am not talking about being involved in politics or society or religion, I am talking about do we think about the issue at hand. I am sure we all are short on time, but how short are we on time really if we have time to visit MySpace or Orkut or Facebook ten times a day or spend time trying to make layouts or feel bad that we are not on someone else's top list anymore or someone hasn't scrapped back. These community sites are a good phenomenon but it has become so bland with superficial stuff that it irks me to the point about how stupid and vain we can become sometimes.

Simple things can change someone's day like smiling at someone, or offering to help load an old person's car at a grocery store. We don't have to go about changing the world all by ourself we can atleast make someone's day better by being nice.