How to be truly good?
How do you show ​true kindness, humility, respect, generosity, etc.? To be truly good is to do it with all gladness and sincerity ​with no hint of hypocrisy.
Here's a situation
where you will be tested if you are truly good. This is a common occurrence. ​You go to a restaurant and order all the food you want. The restaurant is clean and is properly maintained, the waiters and waitresses are courteous, the service is good and the food is all worth the money you'll be paying for. You're trying to find something wrong but can't find any. There's nothing to complain about. You are satisfied with everything, and so what now? You give a lot of tips, a generous $100. What you're doing is all good and it shows how generous you are. You give a kind of reward because everything you experience is fine. Not every diner gives tips and even when some did, they gave just a little.
​But what if:
You go to another restaurant and the food is not that good at all according to your taste, the waiters and waitresses are all arrogant, the service is slow and poor and the restaurant itself doesn't offer a great ambiance? And the price? You think it's too much and it's not fair for such a dining experience. Will you be mad? Will you even think of giving a little? Oftentimes when this thing happens, there'll be complaining, harsh words, insults, etc. And obviously, you will not dine back to the restaurant. ​ But honestly, if you are truly good, you will remain the nice, kind and humble person that you are even if the situation feels revolting. You will still give a tip, and the amount of tip you'll give will be the same amount you give when you go to that restaurant where you are all satisfied. You don't care if you don't get what you deserve. That's what you call pure, unadulterated goodness that is very hard to do and very impossible for others. You won't mock or ridicule, no insults or harsh words, without the slightest hint of ego and pride, but only a pure good heart. And that's extraordinary! And now the big question is: Can you do something like that? Or have you done things like that?
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