On Self-Reliance Part 3

" Being good instead of looking good " essentially means that being good should be more important to you than how you appear to other people when you are doing good. As we grow up, we're more likely to question people as a result to all of the bad people we see or hear about. If we know that we are good people then we don't have to waste our time convincing other people that we are good. If you act like something you're not then you loose power in who you truly are. When people react to something you did, they're not reacting to you, they're reacting to what they have going on. When we get upset it is better to explain or to express ourselves, in healthy/non-violent ways, than throwing a tantrum. What keeps me interested is how the paragraphs explain how we should try something new or either to be who we really are and not some phony. What makes me want to let my head slam right onto my keyboard is how it was written a long time ago, thus the wording is different from wording today but I understand and so I will suck it up and keep on listening.