It isn't enough to mean well if you are a practicing humanist. Practicing goodness is the point of a humanist practice. Unlike some religions, secular humanism does not cut slack in favor of a ritualized confession or deathbed absolution. By being in the now, with realization that the now is all that the human being can actually occupy, the humanist must decide his/her path to goodness in each living moment of each day. Mindfulness, compassion, nonviolence and intelligent skepticism are the guiding lights of the secular humanist's quest to live in goodness in relation to himself/herself and his/her environment.
It isn't enough to mean well if you are a practicing humanist. Practicing goodness is the point of a humanist practice. Unlike some religions, secular humanism does not cut slack in favor of a ritualized confession or deathbed absolution. By being in the now, with realization that the now is all that the human being can actually occupy, the humanist must decide his/her path to goodness in each living moment of each day. Mindfulness, compassion, nonviolence and intelligent skepticism are the guiding lights of the secular humanist's quest to live in goodness in relation to himself/herself and his/her environment. 
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