joshbaumgartner

Not my nature to take it as a personal attack. Afterall it is a valid question. There is only one person who did all he could in my mind and that is Jesus himself. There are certainly days that I have sloughed, basically not finding the reason to bother. There are other days where I have been so busily working away I was shocked the day had passed. The point is that we will always fail sometimes to put in 100%. If we didn't we'd be robots in perfect working condition.

But I think there is a big difference between striving for change, and sometimes failing to put as much into it as you could or should, and on the other hand giving up on making a difference and relegating yourself to merely complaining.

Does the fact I drive a car negate any validity of what I might have to say on oil issues? Does it mean I'm not bothering to make a difference? I don't know, maybe it does. But I could drive a land tank instead. I actively support leaders that are willing and trying to make postive changes (that's how democracies work afterall). So I'm not doing nothing.

I think we all have to ask ourselves that question on a regular basis: Are we doing enough to move toward our ideals? Or have we really ratcheted down our ideals to meet what we are willing to do? Or worse yet, have we given up on achieving our ideals, but instead put the responsibility on others to achieve them? Personally, I feel if I am doing enough then it is time to raise the bar and demand more of myself. I know I'm not perfect--far from it--but I don't let that dissuade me from continually working to keep my ship on the right course.