No one is perfect, but there are a lot of very good people out there. People who day after day do the work of making better, improving lives, and contributing to a positive environment. The more we can learn from, join, and follow these people, the better our lives will be.
Who are these good people in your life and what do they do?
Educators
Educators have positively impacted my life and the lives of my loved ones throughout my life. I can point to countless educators who met the criteria of their job descriptions with care and attention in ways that greatly improved my life and the lives of my loved ones. What did these educators do? Their efforts, too great to list, included these actions:
- taught us to read, write, work with numbers
- engaged us in countless critical thinking tasks and projects
- offered good advice about life's next steps
- provided models and mentors that matched our interests, passions, hopes, and dreams
- worked with our loved ones to help us achieve in positive ways
- showed up day after day and served as a consistent source of encouragement, learning, and good living.
Family
In my great, big family, I have enjoyed tremendous support. Not only have family members supported me, but they've supported my immediate family members too. It's impossible to be all things for your loved ones, but when you have a supportive, loving family, people step up and help one another. This brings life a valuable fullness that leads to good living.
Friends
Throughout life I've had many good friends who have played critical roles in my overall success, happiness, and good living. These friends have introduced me to numerous wonderful ideas, endeavors, and paths. These friends have also sometimes been critical and honest in ways that helped me to avoid poor choices and missteps.
Positive leaders
The leaders in society that work for the common good with honesty, intelligence, hard work, collaboration, and good values serve all of us well. Rather than the greedy, self-serving, corrupt leaders who weasel their way into leadership at all levels, good leaders truly impact life in positive ways today and well into the future. It's integral that we identify these positive leaders and support them in ways that we can.
Gifted
We all know gifted individuals who use their gifts to better lives--these special people truly improve lives and society. We have to continually find ways to support the gifted people amongst us and value the dedicated work they do to use their gifts in positive ways.
As I live my life, I am aware of the fact that there are far more good, loving, generous people than greedy, self-serving, hateful, hurtful people. Almost everywhere I go, I meet these good people. I also live and work with lots of good people. Seeking out and supporting the good people in our lives is what leads to good living. Let's do it.