Intentions vs. Actions

The road to "-----" is paved with good intentions. Fill in the blank. You could fill it with almost anything. The road to failure, heartbreak, loneliness. Whatever. Don't freak out on me now. Im not in a mood or getting ready to fill up  a page with a bunch of mushy stuff. Im just saying that often times, when you land at a spot in life that you dont particularly like, you can often look back at the road that took you there and see that for most of that journey, you were simply trying to do the right thing.
Ahhh yes. "the right thing", whatever the hell that is. Its a moving target for sure. It is so  hard to manage the moment by moment decision on "the right thing".  Still, most of us do try to find it and let it guide our decisions. What I have found out though, is that everyones idea of what "the right thing" is, is very diverse from person to person. That is to say, you may be doing the right thing in your mind, but in someone elses mind, you are being a complete bastard for that action.
So, we get hung up in the action and completely overlook the intention. Especially when we are judging the actions of others. Particularly when they have hurt us right? We get focused on our hurt and we stop looking at the intention behind the other persons action. We apply a different set of rules to others than we apply to ourselves. We are totally focused on intention when we evaluate our own actions. Boy do we.
Well, so here I am. I am in a bit of a situation with some people. Some dear loved ones that mean the world to me. I wish we could all look past the action and see the intention. I suppose I am being a dreamer on that issue. Its tough to get others to look past the damage and see the good intentions behind everything. Its is tough enough to get ourselves to do it.
This post wasnt about pistons and hand grips. Sorry. My intention is to write something that helps me feel better about my situation today. My intention is to put up something that others can read and get some good from. If the action seems a bit out of place for MotoMania, please forgive me. Yeah, we all have motorcycles but we all have hearts to. I hope yours is in good shape today.
Ride safe all. Come back in one piece and bring a friend.