Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Most people going through life with the ideas of what they want to have – job, home, money, position, property, power – but no ideas about that kind of people they want to be.

The world generally thinks about 2 kinds of people: good and bad.

Socially, the line dividing good and bad is sometimes vague, dubious and controversial. However, individually, you should have a very clear dividing line in your heart for yourself.

Even for the society, most people in the world agree generally about what are good and what are bad.

The good means no killing, no stealing, no lying, loving others, helping others, responsible.

The bad means the exact opposite – killing, stealing, lying, hating people, no caring, irresponsible.

You should have this line clear in your heart, even though in daily living sometimes you would be unsure about what is right and what is wrong – uncertainty is part of living.

And this inner line is for you to follow and conduct yourself – not a line you use to judge others. Others have their own lines, and their lines are different from yours.

Here is the important point: You should always be conscious about what kind of people you want to be – Good, or Bad, or I don’t care?

Good or bad in a real situation is for you to decide, no one else can decide – you have the full right to decide for yourself what is good and what is bad. Then, you act upon you own decision.

Most people of the world live without ever thinking about what kind of people they want to be. They only think about what they want to have.

That is really driving with a blinder over their eyes. True ignorant, using Buddhist terminology.

Wish all of us know what kind of people we want to be.

With compassion,

Hoành

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