No I don't find it difficult. It doesn't have to be some big heroic act or anything--you see a stranger drop something & you pick it up for them. Smile & wave at toddlers. Pick up a piece of litter. Pick up a hitchhiker if you feel safe about it.

I know it’s harder to be a good person. The challenges are higher but the dividends are greater.

Less materialistic compassion. Every day there are ways to make the world a better place, even if its a spare macdonalds meal or a smile

Am I the only one that does find it extremely difficult at times? I try my damnedest to be a good person, which to me means being kind and compassionate, but I also feel like I have been programmed with years of anger and selfishness that are constantly at odds with my core beliefs.

Not at all. I treat others with dignity and respect. However, there are times when it is difficult. Like being in traffic with others making questionable decisions.

I’m kind to everybody until given a reason not to be. I believe the only way to get true respect is to conduct myself in a way that warrants being respected.

not for me.

It's in you..you react to every situation because it's already in you to act in behave in that way .

I just do. It's who I am.

I strive to be a good person every day because many times I was helped though I didn't deserve ever and I can understand many troubles because of my complicated life up to present. Sometimes, I think I have too much empathy and too much mercy (when I see a lot of paine around me) that affects me..

No

I don't think it's difficult at all, it may not be noticed or responded too but then it doesn't have to be, being good is an end unto itself.

If you are genuinely interested in the well being of the people around you then they will react towards you the same way..... In the event they not, at least you get the satisfaction that you did your part.

No. It is not difficult to be a good person. We all have done things we wish we had not done, but rare lapses do not characterize us.

only when you are dealing with someone you perceive to be a dick

I have no problem being nice to people because I actually care.
I spend a good part of the week volunteering at a homeless shelter.
I try to live by what Neil says in this meme.

If you’ve lived through some poverty and misfortune and are not a sociopath, then no. Not really very hard. It’s hard to objectively give more than you take in life, hard to be generous when you can barely take care of yourself for example. But as far as harming no one and showing empathy, being helpful when you can, I can’t think of much that comes more naturally.

I have no trouble being a good person. I try to live by the motto "don't be a dick."