WHY DO YOU FIND IT HARD TO BE GOOD?

Being good is such a difficult task for a modern man. Man has become so sophisticated and smart that he can no longer accept a higher being which is God. One of the reasons why it is so hard to be good is human pride. Sometimes I cannot bear to admit that there is anything beyond human existence. I become overconfident thinking that I could make it without God. I get ashamed to admit that I need help from God. There are times when I want to go to Mass but after a while I get lazy. I think of what others would think about me. In my head I think they’ll say: “Why does Rhea keep praying? She doesn’t even benefit from it. She acts like an old person. She is such a goody-goody.” Whenever those sentences pop from my head, I decide that I should not go to Mass.

The second reason why I find it hard to be good is peer pressure. I want to go with the flow. In these modern times, I hardly see any teenager who goes to Mass everyday. Sometimes I feel different when I try to do good. In ...