Decision To Be Good

The decision to be good is not an easy one.  In the world of pain, war and hatred it is much easier to get angry or to give up on life all together.  But to stay good, to be truly good, we have to keep spreading the message of love, peace and forgiveness, so we have to keep living and make a decision to be good.  

One does me wrong...  What do I do?  What if it's not one but many?  So many questions, so much confusion, so much pain...  

Accumulating unbearable pain has to go somewhere, it has to have an outlet.  Without an outlet it will poison the person from the inside leaving nothing but a dried out walking stick where once was a being.  In one way or another we all get hurt, either exaggerated or real, but emotional pain is all so real even if caused by a dream.  Those of us that have vivid dreams can vouch for those dreams presenting themselves as true experiences, with true memories, good or bad feelings, tears, laughs and an aftereffect of joy or emotional pain. 

What are those dreams?  Are they meant to share with us that life is worth living?  Are we given a chance every day and again to be better selves?  Dreams are priceless experiences...it's an experience without an actual experience, experience without regret, judgement or punishment - a personal movie of sorts.  You dream, you wake up and you live again right back where you stopped yesterday.  But after all the past, before all the future you get to make a decision for the present: I am a good person and I challenge myself to stay a good person through all the trials of this life, because life is a gift that I have and so many have lost and I am still here and breathing and living for a reason, and it is not to destroy and be hateful, there is plenty of that already and no honor in that; it is to bring joy to those around, to give strength to those that need it and to put a smile on the faces of those who love me. 

Every day we consciously let go of our pain and make the decision to be good.  We let God and the Universe absorb all our sorrows and grant us the strength of love and forgiveness.  It is not an easy decision, but it is way more rewarding than the alternative.  Spreading love and compassion does not cost a thing and makes the soul feel like the richest soul in the world.  

Love is a treasure that cannot be bought and it cannot be forced, it can only be given freely.  If somebody loves you - be kind to them, if you love somebody - be kind to yourself.