a "good" person:

First I will start with a list of characteristics that I think a "good" person should have. This does not mean that people are not good if they make mistakes and do the wrong thing, or display characteristics at time that contradict my following list. The characteristics I hold as important are: Honest, kind, loyal, considerate, selfless, giving, and true. To be a good person, you do not have to be perfect. To be a good person, to me, means that you do your best to minimize the pain of others and if at all possible, maximize their happiness. If you are a good person then people should be able to trust you, to count on you, know that you will have their back but not to lie to them just to make them feel better. People should be able to come to you if they need you and you should be there for them as much as you can be. And, a good person would give all of these things in return. I know that people make mistakes and misjudge situations, and what's done is done and you can't take those things back. To me, that does not make them bad people. Good people are not perfect people, everyone makes mistakes. A good person feels bad about their wrong doings and tries to make them right if it is possible. Sometimes good people do bad things and I am not condoning that behavior, but I am not going to condemn that person either. Which brings me to think that I should also add forgiving to my list of characteristics for good people to have. I think that my definition compares with the ones we have read this week in the play and two short stories in different aspects. After reading all of the assigned texts, I am able to right a more comprehensive definition for myself about what being "good" means. Each story covered a different lesson, a different set of characteristics to be valued. They are all good stories and I have learned from each of them individually. I have learned enough to be able to write a comprehensive list of character traits that I value enough to use as a base for defining a "good" person. I am not saying that my list is the be-all end-all of good characteristics by any means, it is just a good jumping-off point in which I can build upon and try to emulate myself.