I don't know if I have a good analogy. What matters is the best person I personally can be, not what someone else can be. The best I can be is when I think carefully before I act or speak, taking the needs and feelings of others into account. Being honest and chill in my daily interactions. Giving time and money to help others, and to do it in the spirit of remembering how lucky I am, and how quickly luck can change.
In the every day, practical world, it's hard to think carefully all the time. I think forums are appealing because we don't always have to be our best selves when it comes to that. It's also hard to give time and money, but it's almost always worth it when I do. And being honest? Man, that's the toughest. It's so much easier to tell a lie than to find an appropriate way to say, "I don't want to come to your party because I don't like your friends."
In the every day, practical world, it's hard to think carefully all the time. I think forums are appealing because we don't always have to be our best selves when it comes to that. It's also hard to give time and money, but it's almost always worth it when I do. And being honest? Man, that's the toughest. It's so much easier to tell a lie than to find an appropriate way to say, "I don't want to come to your party because I don't like your friends."
