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The Modern Do-Gooder

On this earth, there are many who do good, doctors, nurses, teachers, ministers, and countless other warm-hearted people. Their helping sustains nations, making life livable, making life a joy while taking joy in selflessness, making honesty a constant virtue.   Another class of citizens are the do-gooders , mostly with their goal to do good for themselves by doing something for others.   They gossip, cheat, preach, rumor, condemn, include, exclude, and depress all for their good. For do-gooders, the “for me” dominates the “for you.” These do-gooders are here forever.   Diving a little deeper… If your goal is to do good, and you have no basis for what good is, you may execute simplistic acts for which there is little reason and particularly pragmatism.   You could be seduced by a facet or two of a logical, social, or political complex of great depth.   Only when the need to do good is tempered on the anvil of contemplation can the result have lasting consequence and to be