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What actions are you or have you taken to improve your character?
by hasbot 2y ago
What actions are you or have you taken to improve your character?
- kbelder 2y agoAll those times you are confronted with choices that boil down to "I should do this, but I want to do that..." Do what you should do. Many or most of our choices that matter are that simple, but we work really hard to confuse ourselves, to justify and rationalize the choice we want, because that's what we want. If our choices are difficult because it really is honestly difficult to tell what the right thing is, then it's not a moral flaw to be mistaken.
- hasbot 2y agoSo, just finish drawing the owl. Got it! Good discussion.
- kbelder 2y agoNope, not what I was saying. I'm saying that distinguishing right from wrong is usually the easy part of the process. It's the 'draw two circles' step. Not deceiving yourself about the result is the hard part. That's a psychological problem, not a philosophical problem.
- HKH2 2y agoI can get angry at the drop of a hat, and I may be in the right, but my anger may not be proportionate. So for me, the action is to say sorry and explain what else happened that annoyed me. Also, it pays to fix or accept whatever made me angry. Character is not purely an internal thing, but rather something that is built through your interactions in your environment, especially with people. A better character is built by doing things that are challenging.