Be confident to stand alone

We live in troubling times when doing good or the right thing makes one seem like a stranger. Sometimes it gets so tough and conflicting that one might be forced to wonder if there's any point doing good  or the right thing when a vast majority of people are apparently profiting from doing otherwise. Most don't seem to care anymore about the means , being self conceited by the saying "the end justifies the means". 

However I encourage those who are standing against the tide of "if you can't beat them, join them" to remain steadfast on the principle of always promoting and doing what is right. Sometimes what is required to keep an evil or wrongdoing in check is the stand of a single or few individuals against it. So never be discouraged when you seem to be standing alone in the face of the multitúde promoting evil or wrong doing. Your stance may just be what is needed to encourage others to break away from the multitúde or the crowd to stand for what is right.

Demanding of bribes or financial inducement has become the order of the day in so many countries across the globe. Failure to induce some public servants or service providers might lead to delay or even outright denial of services even when such services are ordinarily paid for. It has now become a culture such that anyone who acts differently is viewed as exceptional or abnormal depending on the camp which the audience belongs to.

We especially owe the younger generation a responsibility to always promote stories of individuals who have done the right thing especially when it comes to wealth acquisition because the media is saturated by the activities of people who have acquired wealth via unscrupulous means. Tell them stories  of citizens who have returned lost or misplaced valuables. Such stories often never make it to the main stream media or make front page headlines.

Some with warped reasoning would opine that these individuals who chose to do the right thing were not 'wise' to have returned the misplaced or lost funds. They might even justify it as a 'blessing from God' to them.

Doing the right thing is especially challenging when the impact doesn't seem to come quickly or seems small compared to the evil pervading the air. However be rest assured that doing the right thing never goes unrewarded or unnoticed.