WHAT DO YOU STAND TO GAIN FROM BEING DECENT?
Do you even have the slightest idea of what you stand to gain from being decent? Do you actually think that being decent is even worth it? How does it really make you feel when people portray you as indecent, unethical or immoral?
This might actually sound like a surprise but some people really want to know what they can actually gain from this “decency” that everyone is emphasizing on. Undoubtedly, some of them can try to be a little decent or moral, but they often do it because they might be told to, whereas they don’t really know why it is so much important.
We live in a world where arrogance and cruelty are the order of the day. The message of decency is less preached in our world today, unlike the days of the old where it was engraved in every wall.
As it is, many people don’t even know how to portray a little kindness, goodness and respect to other fellow humans because society has already gotten to the point where they don’t chastise or criticize those who don’t do such things.
I may not be the most decent human on earth, but I sure do know that when it comes to showing even the teeniest kindness and respect for others, I do it pretty well and with sincerity.
Honestly, I really think the youths and youngsters these days are part of the reason why the rate of decency is dwindling and diminishing by the day. They don’t really know how gainful it is to be decent in attitude and character.
I would really love the oldsters to teach us the youngsters about how decency was such a serious matter then because we’re really treating it with great laxity, which is why there is such a great and immense moral decadence in our society today.
Many times, we feel that we can do and behave as we please, not minding the consequences of our actions. The fact that you’re free to act doesn’t necessarily mean that you can act immorally.
You’re seriously not the centre of the world and obviously, the universe is not revolving around you, no matter who you think you are. You’re not more important than any other human on this earth, no matter your influence or affluence.
If we all should abide by the Golden Rule, there would be a lot more respect and kindness in this world, because the rule teaches basic decent behaviours, “Do unto others, as you would love them to do unto you”.
Decency isn’t such as ambiguous word to understand or explain. It simply means being morally upright; not wanting to intentionally step on people’s toes for no just cause; being fair in your relationship with people; respecting even the indigent and every other thing that is appropriate and of a good standard.
Also, decency can be applied in the mode of dressing and fashion lifestyle. Another word for decent dressing is “Modesty”, which is most often used in place of decency.
Being decent doesn’t really take much from you, rather it adds much more to you. You still need to behave decently even to those who don’t think of how badly they’ve treated others. Remember the Bible teaches us not to pay evil for evil, it should always be for good, always. If they really know what they stand to gain, they wouldn’t behave as such, trust me.
10 THINGS YOU STAND TO GAIN FROM BEING DECENT
Now speaking of what you have to gain from decency, here are a few of them.
- Your being decent would actually earn you more respect from people. People will give you the respect you deserve if they know you respect them equally. Remember respect is reciprocal.
- Your decency will make people take you seriously. This is utterly true in the sense that because you’ve in the first place taken yourself seriously by being morally upright in your behaviours and attitude, other people will do the same—it’s just the law of reciprocity.
- You stand to gain good reputation from your decent lifestyle. In other words, people will always speak good—and never ill—of you, because you’ve made yourself worthy of trust. People can as well use you as a good example so that others can do well to follow.
- Have you ever wondered why you prefer certain people to others? Well, it may be due to the fact that those ones you prefer behaves Properly’ more than the others, and behaving properly is a decent act. So, if you want to be preferred to others, behave decently.
- With decency, you have your dignity in check and up high like no man’s business. Yeah, you know what I mean! Your personality cannot be tarnished because you know yourself too well not to be morally upright. You know that acting in a reverse way will only mean disaster and mayhem for you, you don’t anyways.
- You’ll always be prone to make sound decisions and judgments because you’ve got the right attitude flowing in your bloodstream already, yes you really do! And this makes you a good decision-maker in the long run.
- You don’t really have to take people too “seriously” especially at their words, because you know irrationality has outnumbered the rationality in people, so you just act neutral and unreactive for you know too well that, eventually, everyone cannot act decently, some of us just have to stand out and make the difference in all.
- You don’t see it as a task to do others good, because you already know that doing them good means you’re as well doing yourself well too. So in the end, nobody loses, rather everybody gains and everybody is happy. I know you get my point already, so there is no need to emphasize.
- You can as well be of great help to those struggling to be morally upright in their ways, by giving them some lessons and tips on how to go about it. Isn’t that also a benefit you stand to gain?
- People won’t be so afraid to entrust things in your hands because they sure do know well that you won’t do anything stupid or foolish with it because of your moral uprightness and good standard.
Conclusion
There are a lot more things you can gain from just being a little decent. Some are quite unspoken though, which means, you just experience it, it is not something you necessarily can speak of because words cannot describe it.
I think if we all act towards the direction of thinking of how our actions will affect others, then we’ll know that not every action—or even words—is healthy for people. Just be decent and people will treat you as though.
People of this generation make it seem as if decency is a thing of the old. They portray it as an obsolete attribute that shouldn’t be let to see the light of the day of this age, such suckers! Such attitude is why the world “decays” by the day. Qualities that should have made it flourish is being debunked and dismissed—what a misery!
If you’re reading this and you think decency is not so much of a big deal, well think again. Because if you look around you (with your third eye, which of course is your perceptive mind), you would really see and notice that decent people make it to the top of life in all areas you can think of. Don’t for a moment think you can get by with your arrogance and peevishness, you won’t. if you don’t believe me, just ask the repented-notorious arrogant you know and he’ll tell you how he never succeeded in anything, not even in disciplining himself to do a little good.
I’m really saying and stressing all this because it’s really an important aspect of life that should not be taken lightly. People should learn to be more morally upright in their attitude. I too, really need to be more morally upright, because as the old saying goes, “You really cannot change anyone, but yourself”.
Beginning with yourself is really a great step to be taken and trust me you’ll never regret it. Even if people take you for granted now, later on, they will surely know better than to behave in such a way to you.
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