Doing Your Best

I believe that everyone is doing the best that they can.

I realize that this is hard to recognize given the state of the daily news, but for me this applies to everyone; regardless of whether your a Lawyer, a member of a gang, on death row, living on the street, or going to church every day. Obviously most of us are not "doing the right thing" all the time, but this does not mean that we are not trying in some way to be the best that we can be.

Some people find it difficult and even next to impossible to do the right thing for themselves or others, and some are unsure of what the "right thing" is, but these people are also doing the best that they can within the context of their lives. We're all flawed people trying to get along in a flawed world, and we all fail at times to be the person that we ought to be.

Nevertheless, I believe that everyone without exception is trying to do the best that they can.