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My Struggle To Becoming a Good Person
And how that is going
A while back, one of my favorite YouTubers (Sara Diestchy) got into an accident while riding her bike on the streets of New York. With quarantine and the way many of us are not having any physical social interactions at the moment with others even actively trying to avoid such interactions, I felt happy with humanity that several people came to her rescue at that moment.
Soon as that happiness set in, there was an equal reflection into my own life and how I have shown up for people in my community. Did I show up for anyone in the last 4 years the way those strangers showed up for Sara? No. I could not remember any one time I did that for anyone.
It is easy for me to show up for people I really care about but what of those that I don't. The latter are the people by whom I measure my “struggle to goodness”.
In that same light, my lack of showing up for other people in the past 4 years was not due to the lack of such experiences in my own life. I sure saw many people who needed some form of help occasionally.
I remember during the time I lived in Vellore, I used to come across so many transgender people who used to approach me for some form of monetary help.
