To Think or Not to Think?

Today I had an interesting conversation with my supervisor during work. I was reading a few inspirational quotes on the internet. I asked myself – if the quote is about good morals, does it mean that the person who came up with it also have good morals? What is the meaning of good?

Out of the conversation, I rationalized a few things:

Good is a social perception:
How do you define good or bad? If a person donates to charity so that he can get a tax rebate, does it mean that he is a bad person? If you do not know his intention, will you think of him as a good person? The definition of good nowadays is being shaped by our social perspective of what is morally right or wrong. Many a times, we judge a person based on his/her actions and not intentions.

It’s all about yourself:
Due to this interconnected society, you are being judged by everyone. So much so that you do not understand yourself or become the person that you want to be. You are just living out someone else’s perception of you. I constantly asked myself what kind of perception I will get from people if I do such things. Will people think that I’m a showoff because I go for YEP? Is this who I really am? At the end of the day, you just have to answer to yourself. Be happy with what you do and not care about what others think. This will make life simpler and you can make more good impact (if you are morally right).

So, I’m going to stop thinking and worrying and just do it.