Journal Entry 27: Doing the Right Thing

I think most people in the world are the kind that have principles, but will throw them away when they conflict with their personal interests. A lot of people think they would do the right thing no matter what, but when really faced with a situation like that, they usually try to find a way around it, while convincing themselves that they had done the right thing. I think this is because people want to see themselves as a good person, so they will subconsciously do things like this, to convince themselves that they are. Personally, I try to follow my principles as much as possible, but sometimes its just too difficult to do the right thing. For example, sometimes I see someone who needs help, but if I go over and help them people will think I am being a poser or something or being fake so I'm just like, okay they don't even need my help that much so yeah... For the most part, this is kind of the attitude of the people in "my home country" were like, which is probably why I am that way as well.