morphinefangs:

it’s okay if you do good things for ‘bad’ reasons

if you don’t see a point in morality and you’re only a good person to others because it’s the rules, or law, or what your parents told you is ‘the right thing to do’, that’s okay. you’re not a bad person just because there are bad thoughts in your head.
if you aren’t acting on those bad thoughts, you can still be a good person.

the difference between you and a truly bad person is that you can look at those same ideas and urges and you’re able to choose not to act on them

not everyone can be kind from the bottom of their hearts.  sometimes mental illness gets in the way.  some people get lucky, and they can easily care about the well-being of others without help.  they can easily empathize and sympathize, and it can be frustrating to see people do that when you can’t.

if you’re a person who has a hard time empathizing with or valuing others, but you still chose to be a nice person despite all that… i am so proud of you