Strive For Good

We try and we fail to:

• Stop making bad choices
• Stop being lazy
• Stop being dishonest
• Stop giving up when times are tough
• Stop being unfaithful
• Stop being pessimistic
• Stop being so selfish

It could be that our approach is wrong. Rather than trying to stop all the bad things we’re doing, and then beating ourselves up every time we fail, maybe we can attempt to put more “good” into our lives. We can start striving for the good and make it a daily practice. We can:

• Seek wisdom
• Be disciplined
• Choose justice
• Be courageous
• Have faith
• Maintain hope
• Make charity a priority

Virtue consists more in doing good than refraining from evil. –Aristotle

Perfection is impossible. Better is obtainable. It is possible to be a little better each day. If baby steps are all we can muster, well, that is still progress. Let us strive to do good each day, and the behaviors we perceive as evil will eventually dissipate.