Being good is inborn, not something you learn.

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Welcome to my blog and another wonderful edition of the Hive Learner's featured post. When it comes to being good or being bad, I doubt if there is an in-between, as it is either you are good or you are bad; you cannot hang on the fence in cases like this; you have to belong somewhere. The human trait to be good or bad is something people beliefs differs about. Some people believe you can learn to either be good or to be bad. Some people also believe that it is the environment one lives in that determines if they end up being good or being bad. Everyone has their beliefs, and with the right points to back their beliefs up, you come to see that they actually have a point.

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I have seen the worst kids come from a pastor's house, so what happened to the environment that they live in? Why did the environment not influence them to act right? I have also seen a group of people who have been together for ages, but only one chooses to do good all the time, while the others will only come into play when it is time to do bad, and whenever it is time to do good, they prefer to be sidelined. Why haven't they learned to do good from the only one who chooses to do good all the time? We can be together for years, and if it is not my choice to learn something from you, I will never learn or let what you do influence me, so that brings me to the conclusion that being good or being bad is by choice.

Trust me, the many kids we see on the streets doing the wrong things had the best parents growing up, parents who wanted the best for them, parents who were present, provided for them, and ensured they taught them all that they needed to know. But these same kids who had this type of parent still made a choice to derail from all the teachings of their parents and go their own path. The parents tried and tried to get them back on track, but a choice had already been made, so the parents got tired of trying.

Also, many kids on the street acting right are those who did not have any parent show them the right path or their parents were not as present as they should be in their lives, but they still made the choice to act right and follow the right path. There is no manual to read or give your child to ensure they stay on the right path; all you have to do is give your best, and in the end they will make a choice either to stay on the right path or derail to the wrong path.

I have seen cases that made me understand that people don't learn to do good, and the environment does not influence them to be good as well. I have been made to understand that both are choices; you as an individual choose where you want to belong, either to the category that does good and is known for good or to the category that does bad and is known for bad. As an adult or parent, you can only show a child, a friend, or a colleague the path, but it is totally up to them to follow the path you have shown them.

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As for me, what I believe is that being good or bad is not something we learn, is not something the environment impacts us with; it is something that is inborn. The tendency to be either good or bad is right inside of us from the very day we are born, but we choose which option to explore. There are some who choose to explore the option to be bad, which is why we see cases like a pastor's son or daughter doing the things that we least expect to see from a member of the family of a pastor, and then the son or daughter of a drunkard doing and acting right.

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