Thursday, March 22, 2012

We are what we do

Will people perceive me as an alcoholic?


Have you ever heard the saying that "our actions truly define our characters"? well, i don't really believe in this statement.

I truly do not believe that our actions truly define our characters because I believe that our actions are only a little piece of who we are. We should also consider thoughts and emotions because they are just as important. Our behavior can tell us a bit about how we react in certain situations but cannot completely define our character. For example, you are in a bad mood after a long day and you take out your frustrations on somebody else and start shouting at them, does your actions make you a bad person? i don't think so but people around you will judge you as a rude or an unfriendly person where as deep down you are a nice person.

I also believe on the fact that actions are based in judgement and moral value but sometimes certain situations make us act in certain manners and it is not right for people to judge us based on our actions because we all make mistakes. Sometimes good people make bad choices and bad people cover their bad characters by doing good things just to deceive people so we cannot entirely look and judge people by what they do because this does not define who they are.

Sometimes what we do affects our attitude but that does not mean people should determine our true characters by what we do but by who we are deep down in our hearts.

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