Is it hard to do what is right?

Question

your smart opinion pls. thanks.

Answer 1

sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't. depends on if i am guided by my own selfish desires and wants.
most of the time it isn't though, because i like waking up in the morning with a clear consciene ~ so i try to do the right things. I live the philosophy that if nobody else is watching, GOD IS!!

Answer 2

Most of the time, no, as what is right will be beneficial for all parties involved. Being respectful of others, helping someone with their luggage or groceries, stopping to see if anyone needs help when they look like they might, these are the easy stuff.

The difficult stuff comes when you have had an advantage that has been unfairly bestowed upon you for whatever reason. There is the natural tendency to simply allow it to remain in place. However, I find it more difficult to live with the notion that I have benefited from another's mistake if it is correctable, so I often will point out errors in this regard to them.

Why do I do this? I suppose that it's an expectation that I hope that if the situation is reversed that it would be fair for me to request fairness. It sounds like a tit-for-tat, and it is to a certain extent, but sometimes doing what is right means looking out for yourself. After all, if you cannot treat yourself correctly, it is much harder to treat others correctly as well. I suppose that is the essence of the Golden Rule.

Answer 3

Yes. What is right is not always the enjoyable thing to do. Also, most of us have a desire to do the "bad" thing at times.
It is an emotional battle. If you clearly know the difference between right and wrong then that internal battle wages throughout your life. Why something becomes "right" is seen by its outcome and by foreseeing and weighing the outcome for both sides of your decision. It may not be what feels good now but in the end you will feel contentment with choosing what is right. Supposedly!

Answer 4

The right thing always is...silencing the mind, acting without any motive. Which is not that hard. But, habitually we do always other way around. The right is actually deeply embedded. When you are not identifying your self as a self, "the right" works by itself. It is like the behaviour of water. When there is wind, or throwing stone, it makes ripples on the surface. Once that stops, it goes back to stillness. Acting with a stilled mind is always the right thing.

Answer 5

Not always, it depends on the circumstances... most of the things that are difficult to do that are the right thing weigh on our consious mind very heavily when it involves hurting someone we love and care about.... you can certianly realize these things as a test of temptations and you just have to have strength to overcome and follow thru with what your heart tells you to do, so long as you do that it can never be the wrong thing.

Answer 6

It IS sometimes hard to do what is right. But it is ME that I have to live with and always feel better at the end of the day by doing what is right.

Answer 7

No, it's not hard to do what is right. Actually, it's much harder to do what's wrong because of the fact that a lot of people have scrupulous conscience and a society of acceptable norms,

Answer 8

First, it is hard to find out what is right! We are not one person but many egos embodied into us, and each ego wants to fulfill its desire! And each ego has its right and wrong patterns (that is why it is hard for us to meditate as our egos constantly speak). Therefore, if we are intended to do the right thing, we have to kill the ego and be one person! When we do that, we may be able to understand ABSOLUTE things and get out of RELATIVITY!

Answer 9

Yes until it becomes a natural habit and then no. It becomes easy when one realizes that he can only fix himself/herself and not others, doing the right thing is for self improvement and health. Enlightenment.

Answer 10

It is harder to "not do" the wrong and it is easier to do the right. Many times we create problems by doing what is not to do, thinking that it is right. Life will be much more easy if you can avoid doing what is not needed.