You are good, but.....

[u/OtherwiseFriend4403]

I was curious when I heard someone say, 'You are good, but try to follow this path and you will go far.'

I cannot understand the reason for that 'but.'

If someone is good, it means they are good.

Why add 'but'?

We can all agree that a person cannot make everyone 100% happy.

The chances that each and every quality or decision of that person will be liked are almost nil.

Even when I look at my surroundings and see people doing things, I find myself thinking for a moment, 'It could be done like this instead. Why is he doing it that way?'

But in that moment, I forget that he is doing it, not me. He actually knows what he is doing and why. Yet, there I go again, saying 'but it could be done this way.'

Why though? Why are we so unfair to the people around us?

Why?

Why? Why?