Goodness Gracious

The bottom line to me is to try to be a good person.
I am seeing lots of protests of late.  All sorts of views are represented.  Some I adhere to in part and others I do not agree with.  Yet it seems to me to matter most that I am a good person.  It is a person’s character that rules and not what is said alone.
It’s funny to me that being good is always right.  It matters not so much what I represent, but the way I represent it.  As far as I can see there is no rule against being good.
Being good does not mean being submissive to enerything.  Sometimes being good is the hardest thing to do.  The general mood may be one of retribution and revenge for both perceived and real injustices.
Yet I cannot help but feel there is a real danger of becoming just like the one being railed against.  To me if that is the case nothing really changes with a getting of my own way.  The source of the problem is now me rather than someone else.  The pendulum may have swung, but the clock remains imbalanced.
I do like something I read.  “goodness is not about being flawless; it is about being willing to repair.”  My being good is like me “a work in progress.  I say and do the wrong thing at times.  To me that is a fact of life.  It is what I do about it that reflects who I am.  I reckon the good thing to do is to acknowledge mistakes and seek forgiveness.
Another’s response to me is not as important as my action.  Someone said, “forgiveness is not easy but freeing.”  I would say the same about seeking forgiveness.  I am not mr “always right” but as I song I love says “I’m not one whose got it all in place telling you what you should do, I’m just one ol hungry beggar showing you where I found food.”
All are in this together.  I cannot set myself up.  If I do it is only for a fall.  To remain humble and teachable I need others and others need me.