Is it hard to be a good person? Why or why not? (Bonus question: is it possible to be neither good nor bad? Is there a middle ground?) 

We've been having some interesting discussions in CC recently that inspired me to ask this question. (And I've been watching the Good Place, too, so it's top of mind!) The discussion around forgiving bullies as well as some of the topics that came up in the discussion about rehabilitation made me realize that a lot of the time, what I knew was "right" went against my best instincts, especially when put into specifics. It's easy to talk about the importance of rehabilitation in the abstract, but would I really be able to support it in its most effective form (which usually takes the form of quite comfortable prisons, plus lots of education opportunities and special support) if it applied to someone who hurt or killed someone I loved? 

One way of thinking about "being a good person"  is in the negative sense: Not stealing, not attacking, not hurting. I see that a lot here in CC too. But that leaves a lot of room to never have to do things that are uncomfortable, does it?

It's a lot easier to "not actively harm people" than it is to "actively help others," and defining it as "not actively harming people" also leaves a lot of slack for the kind of harm created by inaction. (Not speaking up to defend someone else, for example.) 

What do you think? Is being good easy? What is something that you know is right, that you also find hard?