what does it mean to be a good person?

"love thy neighbor as thyself"... this is a tricky one. so often, under different circumstances, we immediately act bitchy and horrible without thinking of being a good person.

for instance, don't we often use this excuse for being mean to someone "well, they did so and so to me first, so i'm allowed to be this way towards them too"? is this a justifiable reason? are we being a good person?

or sometimes, we say "no, i'll be the bigger person and i'll let this go" - by placing ourselves on a pedestal and comparing ourselves to others, does that serve as a reason for us to consider someone as a good person?

maybe, being a good person means being yourself. amongst all the insanity in this world, you remain true to yourself. act the way you want, dress the way you want - is that what we would call a good person?

there are so many different ways people can define the term "good person"... there is no right, no wrong answer. but i believe no matter how horrible human beings can be, at different stages of our lives, we share glimpses of each others definitions.

there is good in everyone.