I admire them

 

I like good people. So, you ask, who doesn't, but I'm not talking about handsome people, well bred people, rich people, or even just kind people.

I'm talking about people who stand for things that are important. People who make a difference by simply being who they are. 

People who don't just talk the talk, but actually walk the walk.  They pay attention and really listen.

Nobody is perfect, but good people try to do the right thing. They don't enable others because it is easier or makes them feel good. They are not snobs or reverse snobs.  

Good people are open minded and fair. They want to know the truth and will go out of their way to find it.

It is easy to confuse labels with reality. I've known a lot of people who should be good people if all I do is look at their titles, or job descriptions, but you really can sound like a good person and not be one. You may not be bad, but you are not necessarily good by default.

A truly good person has character. Their word is as good as their life. They actually do treat others the way they want to be treated.  Most of them are life long students in one way or another, always wanting to learn more in order to do the right thing.

They may not do everything I want them to, or you want them to, but they do the things their heart tells them is important. They cannot be push overs.

It isn't easy to be a truly good person.