A(NU) Thought

So, are you a good person or a nice person? It’s not always good to be nice, you know. Sometimes it’s okay to be ‘just you’.   We often end up mixing the two attributes - good and nice – assuming them to be the same. But there is a vast difference between the two. What is the difference, you ask? Or is it just that I am going bonkers? Well, by definition … ·          A nice person is someone who is pleasant to be around, has good manners, and is cheerful; ·          A good person on the other hand, is someone who is honest, helpful, and morally good. A person who has generally been good tends to be nice to others, most of the time. However, the question is: should they be nice to people, even if they don’t want to? Would people consider them as ‘good’ if they are not nice any longer?   The Burden of Being Nice Here’s what I think: you might be a good person, who doesn’t want to intenti...

Picture Source It hurts right, reading about an unexpected death? Even more when the death of the person is suicide because of depression…gets worse when it is someone who you thought had everything sorted in life… a life you could only dream of. Did you feel lucky, for you may not be going through such trauma to take your own life? Sorry I know that’s a harsh one. But (at the risk of being named as heartless) I do feel fortunate that I have people around me who I can trust would listen to me, whether or not they can provide any solution. Yes, there are many of us who share posts and messages, saying “we are here to listen, please come and talk to us if you need.” But really is that enough? Though we are all here to help, willingly, but are we all equipped enough?