In Good Conscience 憑良心

人活一世，草木一秋。在匆忙的奔波中，我們常問什麼是最好的處世之道？其實，答案很簡單，就兩個字：良心。

1. 良心，是腳踏實地的本分。「憑良心做事」不是空洞的口號，而是實實在在的行動。正如俗話說：「白天不做虧心事，半夜不怕鬼敲門」。當學生，盡本分，努力用功，不缺課、遲到、早退。在工作上，盡心盡力，不偷工減料，不投機取巧，對得起自己的薪水，也對得起信任自己的人。只要秉持善良的初衷，做出的決定，自然經得起時間的考驗。

2. 良心，是為人處世的底線。人可以沒有顯赫的家世，可以沒有豐厚的財富，但不能沒有良心。在紛繁複雜的社會中，利益的誘惑，無處不在。但真正的智者，知道物質的財富，會隨時間流逝，唯有高尚的品格，能流傳久遠。做人做事，如果不憑良心，即使暫時獲得了利益，最終也會因為失去人心、失去信用，而得不償失。

3. 良心，是內心的坦蕩與安寧。這世界，需要我們「各憑良心」。只要我們問心無愧，盡了本份，就不須在意別人的議論。事情做對了，自己最明白；做錯了，內心的譴責，也是最難熬的。只要保持善良，正直坦率，努力精進，即便面對世界的冷暖與是非，我們也能擁有一份獨特的寧靜與坦蕩。別人負我，不要想太多，吃虧就是佔便宜。如果我們辜負了別人，自己良心就過意不去了。「憑良心，盡本份」，是我們心中深處的座右銘，始終不忘初心。
      Our conscience is the inner feeling for what is right and wrong. If we have a guilty conscience about something, we would feel sorry about it. But if we do something “in good conscience,” and we truly believe that it is the correct or the morally right thing to do, we can gain peace and comfort in our hearts. Today, time is moving fast, and the competition is increasing in our stressful lives. We are all looking for ways to live in which we can achieve money and status as soon as possible. However, sometimes, we cannot always follow our practical thoughts to all situations, or keep everything on faith/luck. After realizing it, we need to balance between faith and practicality. Every day, we frequently have to decide about what are the right ways of doing things, or how we should handle different situations. Conscience, in this sense, is the only standard for us to measure the things in our world. In other words, developing a good conscience is all what human beings require. Conscience is something which powers we to do our right duties. Conscience helps us grow and brings us stability in mind. It makes us feel complete and calm, and it always gives us happy. The best part is that all good things comes out from conscience only. The fact is, in this competitive world, while we are all struggling for something or others, we may only focus on results and achievements, even though we are still craving for peace and freedom. We might not keep balance in our livings. Most of the time, in our deep subconscious thoughts and actions, we are lazy, greedy, critical, mean, biased and opinionated. We all know what is good and bad, but it’s really hard to practice and justify them in our everyday lives. Therefore, it is so important for our humans, today, to develop conscience in the personality, and this is how we can eradicate all our problems and make this world a better place.

      In order to practice conscience, we ought to teach humans good disciplines and duties from the very early age. Student life is the most important stage of human life. During this time, a student learns disciplines, good manners, and the values of hard work. We can say that the success of future life largely depends on how sincerely a student performs his or her duties. Thus, every student should be aware of their responsibilities. The primary duty of a student is to study regularly and sincerely. A student should attend classes on time, listen attentively to teachers, and complete homework properly. Reading books beyond the syllabus and revising lessons regularly help students to build strong knowledge. Punctuality and concentration are essential for students to pursue success. Besides, a student must respect and obey parents, teachers, and elders. Parents work hard for their children’s education, so students should honor their sacrifices. Teachers guide students toward knowledge and good character, and their advice should be followed with respect and gratitude. Moreover, students should be the polite, honest, and helpful members of society. They need to follow social rules, keep their surroundings clean, and show kindness to others. Taking part in social service and helping the needy also reflects good character. Thus, a student who performs all duties sincerely becomes a responsible citizen. And by fulfilling these duties, a student can build a bright future and contribute positively to the nation.

Conscience is the peace of mind within our hearts. In these times of increasing uncertainty, there is so much heartache, anguish, and suffering throughout the world. A tranquil conscience invites freedom from anguish, sorrow, guilt, shame, and self-condemnation. It provides a foundation for happiness. Actually, peace of conscience is the essential ingredient to our peace of mind. Without peace of conscience, we can have no real peace of mind. Peace of conscience relates to our inner selves, and is controlled by what we personally do. Peace of conscience can come from our inner instincts through duties and responsibilities. Duties and responsibilities are two integral elements of every person and thing. Duties are moral obligations or commitments that people perform them according to conventions, regulations or moral rules. They are essential parts of every role in our lives. For example, a citizen’s duty is to adhere to his/her country’s constitution. In the workplace, it’s an obligatory task or conduct that emerges out of an employee’s occupation or role at the company. In other words, it defines the necessity to perform certain tasks for our human beings in the world. On the contrary, responsibilities can be specific actions that people voluntarily accept to perform, which makes them conditions of being responsible. Within good conscience, one of the greatest challenges in creating a joyful, peaceful and abundant life for us is to take responsibilities for what we can do and how we do them. Once we take responsibilities for our lives, we stop expecting the others to act back for us. Instead, according to our beliefs and the things happen in the ways which they could be the best for us, we control our feelings and gain the peace of mind comfortably. So, how does one start living life to the fullest? In fact, it starts with the decision to take responsibilities and follow our good conscience. Paired with taking actions, even only small good responsibilities bring us peace of mind and comfortable conscience.

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