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I think I'm a good person. Quite often I make mistakes, but on the whole it's very important to me to do what is right - what I ought to. Unlike those who have abandoned the search for what is right in this subjective world, I keep trying and I think as I get older I am getting closer and closer to discovering what the things are that make an action good.
One of the key aspects of the way I try to live my life is the idea of putting my goals outside of myself and in the service of others ("becoming part of something bigger"). For example, I try to do the housekeeping at home because it's the best way for me to help my wife, who in turn is teaching children who could go on to do good. Musically, apart from teaching my own students, I try and share the great pleasure of improvised music with my band members and audience. So it's not just for my own pleasure that I'm doing this thing. I try and keep a good attitude and remember the things I'm grateful for...my talent, my great friends, my health. I know how easy it is to get negative about things all over the world, so I fight that actively with every breath.
I look for areas where I could improve and try and take care of them.
But I don't hold others to this standard. Sure...if someone's doing the opposite of all these things I mentioned above, then I probably won't want to have a coffee with them, but then I have to remember where I come from and the oppurtunities I've been given. They may not have started on the same footing. I want to know about those people, not dis them.
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