whatever that means to you. purity isn’t linear or even a true metric in the end it but do your best to hold space for the “good” with a healthy dose of pragmatism.
I believe strongly that it is one’s intentions that dictate whether or not they are “good”/“bad”. It is not actions we should base our judgement, nor achievement, but intention. A person could be completely kind and selfless with impure intention, changing the nature of their actions completely. So while I don’t think it’s possible to have good intentions all the time (to be wholly altruistic), I firmly believe that it is a way in which we can judge a persons goodness. It is also a way in which i find forgiveness easy, knowing one had good intentions with bad execution is often means to just live and let die. “Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.”
-Emanuel Swedenborg (also curiousity, a friendship dies when you stop wanting to know more about the other person, a good person offers their curiosity unwaveringly)
to me being perfectly imperfect means sincerely expressing the full range of human emotions in community with all y’all the positive and negative and every emotion in-between living is messy, thanks for witnessing my mess
we are made to feel like these are prudish or closed-minded things to hold close in our lives (or to prioritize while making big decisions)... but they aren't!
two women next to me on the train are having an insightful heart to heart. a guy behind me is clearly flirting with this girl and you can tell it’s mutual. we all have rich, rich inner lives :)