By Alisa Bowman
A friend emailed after having a terrible time at a social gathering. Various people had teased her and made hurtful remarks.
“I know you believe that all people are good, but I’m just not seeing that,” she challenged.
Her email gave me pause. Did I believe this? I wasn’t sure.
What I do believe is that we all have the potential to do good, but we don’t always actually do it. The reasons we fall short are many. Here are only a few:
We’re under the influence of anger, envy, greed, apathy or another negative emotion that prevents us from being our best selves. It’s not convenient. Case in point: Over the weekend, I didn’t give money to a homeless person at an intersection. This wasn’t because I didn’t have the money and it wasn’t out of greed. It was merely... More...
