On the Good Life

It is not enough

to want to be virtuous.

The work is required.

And it’s not one act;

a lifetime of improvement

can be expected.

To live in this way,

I must serve the good of All,

and love what happens.

I must see pitfalls

as chances to build up strength

where I’m deficient,

be unmoved by fate

when it arrives differently

than for what I planned,

and, regardless of

the outcome of events, be

grateful for it all.

Live the way you think,

but first be sure that your mind

works for good to All.