Journal 27: Doing The Right Thing

I think there are people like Bill Hsiao, who has no moral standards and screws around with other people. They change, or create their morals I would say, any time they want, just for their desires. I don’t know, but these people do exist. I used to believe that people always had certain standards that are usually higher than laws, since laws are “ the minimum regulations to everyone within this sovereign state. I’ve always had my own set of principles and I seldom go against them nor break them. There are exceptions, of course, so I modify my own principles whenever I feel enlightened or I learn something or I’ve grown up a bit, and therefore, they gradually become more integral and more complete. It’s indisputable that sometimes I have to sacrifice certain level of personal interests in order to obey my principles. For example, whenever I find that there’re certain way to cheat to get high scores on tests, I always stay away from them, yet I wouldn’t reveal the truths to the teachers that people are cheating; it’s just the way it is. Sometimes, there are just no explanations or reasons for my principles; they are just naturally born, or they are derived from my culture and education and I subconsciously accept them without questioning.