RE: Good intentions -- how much do they mean to you?
September 29, 2016 at 7:23 pm
(This post was last modified: September 29, 2016 at 7:25 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
At the moment I'm starting to think that... when someone does something bad unintentionally... it indeed doesn't matter that it was unintentional: the hurt is still the same.
And I also agree that despite they're more open to changing their behavior if they have good intentions... it indeed doesn't mean they will succeed and they may fail repeatedly.
Harmful or hurtful behavior that is carried out often enough and/or is severe enough... is intolerable regardless of whether it's intentional or unintentional.
However I do think there is a time when good intentions do matter an awful awful lot and make ALL the difference... and that's when it comes to: good actions.
A good action by accident is just a bad person who got lucky. An intentionally good action means a lot.
It's similar to how if someone wins a game intentionally rather than through luck: that displays that they have skill; it matters. If they win through pure luck they're just lucky.
But whether someone loses a game repeatedly by accident or on purpose, either way the result is the same. And if their teammates are counting on them either way it's gonna be frustrating.
Interesting I think.
And I also agree that despite they're more open to changing their behavior if they have good intentions... it indeed doesn't mean they will succeed and they may fail repeatedly.
Harmful or hurtful behavior that is carried out often enough and/or is severe enough... is intolerable regardless of whether it's intentional or unintentional.
However I do think there is a time when good intentions do matter an awful awful lot and make ALL the difference... and that's when it comes to: good actions.
A good action by accident is just a bad person who got lucky. An intentionally good action means a lot.
It's similar to how if someone wins a game intentionally rather than through luck: that displays that they have skill; it matters. If they win through pure luck they're just lucky.
But whether someone loses a game repeatedly by accident or on purpose, either way the result is the same. And if their teammates are counting on them either way it's gonna be frustrating.
Interesting I think.
