Do you ever feel like doing the right thing isn't worth it? ?

Question: Do you ever feel like doing the right thing isn't worth it!? !?

If so why!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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yes, but i cant help myself!. i really wish a lot of times that i would just stop it, but thats not me!. it really wears me out!. and it costs me a lot of what i already dont have a lot of!. mosty time!. and a lost of money!. sometimes i feel like my kindness is mistaken for weakness, and i think myself that it is sometimes but i still cant stop it!. YIKES! I just get tired sometimes, and often feel used!. On the other hand, i feel satisfaction in doing for others!. because i can!. thanks!. I am always the one to take the honest route instead of the easy route, I try to be a good example to others in hopes that they will do the same!. It's a rocky road, thats for sure!Www@QuestionHome@Com

When I avoid doing the right thing it is because I have an overblown perception of the negative consequences I will have to suffer for doing what I know is right!. The reality is that most of the suffering comes when I do the wrong thing not the right thing!.

Another situation is when dealing with employers or authority figures!. Since their are no do-overs, I prefer sins of omission to putting myself out there and then having my own words used against me over and over!. It is a variation on the first avoidance technique, but a little more based in actual experience!. Sometimes this is referred to as "restraint of pen and tongue" but I don't use it in such a lofty and praiseworthy manner!.

also, sometimes our guilt mechanism is overblown!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sometimes i feel like although it may be morally or ethically right for the certain context!.!.!.it may not be right for the bigger picture!.
For example, if you had to harm a child to save a city from exploding!?!?!? i know its an extreme example!.!.!.sorry :pWww@QuestionHome@Com

Oh, i feel like doing the right thing, and it is not worth it
but i still do it!. ;-)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Honesty (owning up to a mistake) cost me an excellent job!.

So I had my dignity, but it took me years to find another steady job!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Depends upon one's definition of the "right" thing!. Www@QuestionHome@Com