How To Become A Better Person

you mentioned three key ingredients for the development of a personality and i agree and appreciate your structured propositions. I would just add a student's (at best:-)) remarks and view. To start with one must have a will to improve and build, a personality and to be a better person. believe me if someone doesn't have will, no matter what you pour into one's mind, one will never change. after that Knowledge got the top place among such essentials. Knowledge should not be limited to education but a person should have will, thirst and impulse to hunt it from wherever he finds it. you may disagree but one should go muc beyond the limits of sciences and even beyond the material world, as far as one can go, for i believe the truth is much broader, wider and greater than what can be encompassed by feeble sciences and our general observable frame. Knowledge should also not be limited to outer world but one must have his inner world explored through meditation, thinking qnd observation. It's by knowing our own selves that we may approach greater realities as well as understanding of others. Humility is another such ingredient as you also mentioned. Only if we could make thick hard wall of our arrogance fall, we would be able to see great people around us. who can help us in our understanding of both inner and outer universe. Only then a person knows, to what extent, one can deny oneself and appreciate the greatness of others. This very humility makes a man and personality glow among the people. Honesty is another such great trait and in my view one should be most honest with one's own self, for one cares better, if one knows, what it takes to be honest. Honesty, in all spheres of life, personal, social and professional, keeps the composure of a personality and never let it fall. Care is the last but not the least in my list, care for own self, for others, for their rights, for people around, family, friends, society and the whole globe in general. Care for anything you have interaction with. This is just my humble contribution and a student can't add more than that:-) anyway sorry for being long, as my english is not very good so i can't keep my message short while explaining my point. hope you will excuse me.

I think this discussion is riviting, but i just wonder if there is such a think as giving selflessly. Do we not give and in turn recieve. I believe you always recieve something, not necessarily material thing, but for instance a good feeling. If you give, don't you always automatically recieve?

I completely agree with you, draven. Giving selflessly and gaining knowledge from lifes experiences are the most important of them all.When we tithe it may not be necessarily to the church we should make sure that it is being used for the right purposes. For what we give should not hinder anybody in any way. We can also improve ourselves by observing others by the way they conduct themselves the situations they go through.But the most exempilary of them all is the action that we take or make to change ourselves.

Draven, I agree with you on these three good points! And I myself try to follow these beliefs,because it is my ultimate to become a better person, for myself, and for my fellow human beings!!

Respecting Differences Whether it is faith, lifestyle, values, moral standards or any other differences. When it is easier for you to respect and celeberate the diversity among fellow human beings rather than frowning upon them and trying to instill your values on them, I believe you are already a better man.

I choose to not agree or disagree with you at the moment. I writing to express gratitude for the explanation of the Platinum rule in your article. I love the little shift it created in my thinking. I hope to communicate with you on other things soon.

I agree with all your choices. Seeking knowledge by experience as well as formal learning is a must, it is why I am still in school now. Empathy is always a good way to deal in personal relationships, but I temper it with honesty, because honesty even if sometimes hurtful can make for a better relationship. People can be honest without being cruel. Giving is important as well, as long as you are not being used for your kindness. I usually wait to see how my kindness is received before I continue giving favors. If people don't apprciate what you do then they are probably using you. And I would add just one thing, be responsible for your own actions. It is easier to blame someone else, but you are always ultimately responsible for your day to day activities.

my friends have told me i could become a better person by thinking more with my heart instead of my head all the time