I have a friend who insists I’m the best person he knows. It always makes me feel weird. I believe I am a good person. However, that is not to say that I’m perfect. I read a quote the other day. It actually inspired this entry.
Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.
-William Saroyan
I have stolen, cheated, and lied. I have hurt people. Sometimes by accident, and sometimes on purpose. But these same experiences are why I’m so honest, trust worthy and loyal today. It seems unbelievable sometimes that such terrible mistakes would make me a good person. Perhaps that is simply how we learn.
“We have all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the power we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.”
-Sirius Black