Thinking out loud

"For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you." - John the Evangelist, his first epistle to a Church in Asia, 110 AD

Everywhere there are people who think being good is boring. They equate conservatism with narrow-mindedness. Or sometimes the inverse, that taking risks and breaking rules makes you more interesting.

Sure there are times when rules must be broken, authorities must be rebelled against, and even more so when risks should be taken: When the rule is arbitrary, when the authority corrupt, and the risk worth the cost. But there is little more foolish in the world than to do so for the sake of it - for the thrill of it. Likewise, blindly following someone else's rules is plenty foolish also. But if you understand why you do what you do, and if those reasons are solid and logical, it'd make no sense to do otherwise.

In any case, what I think makes a person interesting is none of the above. Rather, all it is is passion. While it is never too late to change if at some point the path you once chose is no longer the right one for you, whatever you choose to do or whoever you choose to be, and however long it takes you to decide; pursue it with everything you are and everything you have.

"By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives..."