Chapter 23 passive virtue

Sometimes, human kindness may be just a passive virtue.People are willing to be kind, perhaps it is just the result of being coerced by fate. There is such a story in the seventh season of "Crime Scene: Las Vegas". The protagonist of the story is a handsome man. Their whole family suffers from hirsutism. Once the disease is complete, it will grow thick hair and become Looks like an ape.His younger sister has fallen ill, and has since hid in a secret room, never daring to face the world again, while he is on the verge of falling ill at any time, and may be thrown out by this self-proclaimed normal world at any time.He knows his flaws, and he also knows that he doesn't have much time, so he does his best in all places, trying to be a good brother, a good friend, a good lover.But in the end he was killed by his best friend, because he fell in love with his friend's sister and almost talked about marriage.After he was murdered, his lover said that he was the best friend and lover in the world, "Because of his flaws, he strives for perfection in other places."

A certain celebrity, who paid a huge price in the process of becoming famous (if you have read Zhou Liming's articles related to the entertainment circle, you should know what this refers to), also made his life a huge secret. If he leaked it, he would be ruined.But what was he like?The employees of his company said that they had never seen such a good leader in their life, never seen such a good person, "so good, so good".Because he failed to make his destiny perfect, he strives for perfection in the way he treats others. Knowing that his life is full of landmines, he repents for himself in advance, lays an ambush for himself, and strives for forgiveness.

Goodness may just be the result of the inability to do evil, the result of the sharp and surly part of human nature being frustrated together with self-confidence, the compromise to everything after a serious injury, the weakness created after being coerced by fate, and the weakness after being violated by evil. , as a victim, avoidance of doing evil.The kind people I know and have experienced are all not so smooth. Their observation of others reminds them of the ups and downs of the past and present.As Zhou Xiaofeng said: "Although I believe that kindness is the most praiseworthy quality in human nature, I am also used to understanding it as a powerless and passive virtue."

Even passive virtue, however, requires reflection.For example, Pu Cunxin, in an interview, talked about why he was enthusiastic about public welfare. One of the reasons was that he hurt others during the "Cultural Revolution": "I once hurt others and beat so-called capitalists. The old lady died three days later." Yes. Thinking about it now, it’s been a long time since I can’t forget it. When you grow up and ask yourself, when you are reviewing your past, suddenly this thing pops up.” So he decided now “to do something , do something good to bring to others, because you have a problem."There are so many people who have experienced the same experience, and not all of them will have a good turn. Instead, some people will always be tough because they don't reflect on themselves.Introspection contributes to goodness, or in other words, introspection is the factor of goodness, even goodness itself.So even in passive virtues there is an active element.Only by knowing how to reflect can we have the hope of turning to the good.By chance, I met a young man working at the grassroots level, who was not liked by us because of his arrogance, but in the middle of the meal, he suddenly stopped his chopsticks, looked worried, and mentioned the old man who was pushed out of the house during the demolition that day. Madam, "I don't know if she broke down or not"—it can still be saved, and the conscience is not so dead, we are willing to associate with him.