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We need to shift towards thinking of being a good person the same we think of being a clean person. Being a clean person is something that you maintain and work on every day. We don’t assume that “I’m a clean person, therefore I don’t need to brush my teeth,” and when someone suggests to us that we’ve got something stuck in our teeth we don’t say “What do you mean? I have something stuck in my teeth? I’m a clean person! Why would you–”
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We need to shift towards thinking of being a good person the same we think of being a clean person. Being a clean person is something that you maintain and work on every day. We don’t assume that “I’m a clean person, therefore I don’t need to brush my teeth,” and when someone suggests to us that we’ve got something stuck in our teeth we don’t say “What do you mean? I have something stuck in my teeth? I’m a clean person! Why would you–”
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Date: 2011-11-20 07:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-11-21 07:34 pm (UTC)