“Too Good”

“Too Good”

I wonder why this often turns up in conversations I have. That someone is somehow “too good.”

What does it even mean? It sounds terribly like it is intended to put down someone’s personality by highlighting naiveté; like there is a direct correlation between goodness and such. I would not call a person who is naïve “good” by any measure; they who have not experienced evil are very unlikely to think of the best outcome of things also, I believe.

Or maybe that is it, that the person talking to you is unable to perceive anything evil about you. I would not go as far as saying I have no evil in me, or that I am incapable of evil deeds. First of all, there is no such thing as the perfect human being; save for arguably someone who had existed, depending on your metric of belief.

Secondly, I am pretty sure that unless you are talking to an egomaniac, there is surely nobody who is able to see themselves as pure. Fine, I have met a few egomaniacs in my life, sadly; we are not short of them. But it is not the most commonplace. Speaking for myself, I have done a few despicable things and have fallen to very human urges too. If your metric is intentionality, that is also one I would struggle with as I have been able to manipulate situations to bring out an outcome that best suits the results I seek.

So what is being “too good”?