Conscience Stops You From Being Bad, but What Stops You From Being Good?
When we hear ‘Where’s your conscience?’, we deduce that someone has done something bad, something despicable, something inhumane.
Because that’s what conscience does right? It stops us from doing bad.
It doesn’t stop the negative thought from popping up, but it’s meant to stop the negative idea from taking root and developing to the extent of being acted on. Our conscience says things like —
‘Think of your mother’
‘Think of the future’
‘You won’t look good in an orange jumpsuit’
Our conscience will say anything that will penetrate and demolish the thought of doing bad. Yaeee, go conscience.
But, what prevents us from doing good?
Why we don’t do good
What prevents us from doing good? Ever wondered that?
Or do you think you just do good things whenever the thought comes into your head? If that were the case, the world would be a utopia.
No, there’s a force that stops you from doing good. It’s just that no one ever told you about it before. It’s called…