Actions or intentions
Are people defined by their actions or intentions?
After 45 minutes of thought and discussion on this question, i am still unable to draw a conclusion.
I have more than one opinion on the topic but most seem to be blunt and go in circles.
But one important point that has to be made is this….
No matter what intentions a person has, they are always going to be seen with their actions. Once a person does something it is inescapable, permanent. Their actions shadow them forever, and so others see them as one. But what other people cannot see are their intentions. Intentions are hidden deep inside a persons mind. They are all too often misunderstood.
People today are far too quick to judge. They judge by what they see, and do not take the time to look past that.
If someone were to see someone who has acted poorly and done wrong but can still see past that and realize that all along they had only good intentions then they have taken the time to walk around a while in the other persons shoes. They have taken the time to have sympathy. The people who do this are the only ones who really have the right to judge at all. They are the only ones who have a full understanding of what has really happened. These people are not too quick to judge. Other people are blind to the situation.
However, if someone were to have sympathy for someone who was viewed by a greater audience as a criminal, they too would be judged.
Though the right thing to do would probably be to take a moment to look past the actions of a person and seek out their intentions, there are few who would take the time to do this.
And so the closest thing to a conclusion i can give is whether it is right or wrong, people are often judged by their actions.
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Yes, you are very right.
Posted April 14, 2009, 3:52 pmBut what I thought was that if somebody was being a jerk and a bully to somebody else, they would be seen as that (esp. by me). I understand a person’s intention’s but it’s still hurting another person, so the intention does not matter. Actions always speak louder. If you want people to view you as one with good intentions and as a good person, then you should act that way, other than that, if you don’t care then people will just see you as someone who doesn’t care.
But what does it matter anyway? People are always going to judge you, if you have good intentions, act like it.
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Posted April 27, 2009, 12:53 pmYah, people are judged by their actions, but should be judged by their intentions. One time, I tried to fix my little brothers electric scooter (I don’t know what I was thinking, I know nothing about it. . .) and I broke it even more. He got really mad at me. It feels bad if you are judged by your actions when you intended no harm.
Posted May 1, 2009, 6:12 pm-Zach-
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