Authentic Living in Goodness

 

An inspirational read and how goodness can improve your life.

My blog is all about seeing the good and sometimes that is not always easy to do.  This concept to see the good originally came from a place of need.

About four years ago I took a break from my goals to help my husband promote a political book.  Then he wrote another and to promote such books we spent our time at political events across Texas where the elected and mostly activist attend.

Robert was on a mission to clean up Texas Politics, I agreed to assist and being very naïve I honestly thought we would be welcomed with open arms.  I laugh about it now; I was foolish and learned quickly a thick skin was necessary to carry on.  

I am proud of what we were able to accomplish; it was a lot. But I couldn't stomach the evil that was always present in some sort of fashion.   Later this played in our favor...

When you witness politics up close you begin to understand why everyday people no longer participate in the process.  To be clear I dislike politics with a passion, but I promised to help my husband, so I had to figure out how to get through these events.

I decided to stop focusing on the negative and simply see the good in the simplest of moments. This is what got me through every event in addition to a lot of prayer. 

As a people we want to witness basic goodness in all of mankind.  But the reality is that we live in a sinful world, we always have. 

The quality of being morally good or virtuous is a choice and this is where goodness in our daily life comes from.  Simply make a decision right now to be the goodness our heavenly father and this country needs to see.

Living an authentic life in goodness is not about accepting evil because friends I drew a line in the sand a long time ago and I am not afraid to call out evil.  You shouldn’t be afraid either.

Be morally good to yourself and those around you. Be the example we have been called to be and decide to make things better. See things through God’s truth, which is the example of goodness in mankind.

See the Good,

Carole West


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