Yes, I'm bad - But, not totally bad!

And, not forever!

Truth is truth. If you are bad, you are bad. We can not call bad, good. Why should we lie to ourselves or to each other?

However, no one is totally bad. Everyone has some good traits. Four big red X's on a test paper does not make the other 46 answers wrong, also.

Look at the good points in your life and commend yourself for the things you are doing right. Then, get to work on those failure areas. Bring your grade up. Make improvements. Struggle to become more and better than you were yesterday.

Everybody in the world starts out with imperfections and flaws in their lives. People, who were once worse than you, are now much better than you - why? Because, they knew their ‘state of being bad’ was merely a temporary problem. They were motivated to change that - and they did.

No, it wasn't easy for them and it won't be easy for you. The people who always want things easy are the ones who end up living a hard life. A man thinks it's easier to steal than work - and he sits and rots in a prison cell. That's hard to take. And if he doesn't change his attitude, life will only get harder and harder for him.

The pathway to 'better' is through effort and struggle. Millions of people have been bad, weak, and messed up in thousands of ways. But, they didn't stay that way. Bad doesn't have to be a permanent condition. It is only a temporary problem for those who want it to be temporary.

Do you want to stay just like you are forever - and ever - and ever and ever? I'm sure you don't. But, you are never going to just wake up one morning and be changed.

You are going to have to want that change—point your mind in the direction of change—seek for the 'recipe' for change—ask for help in the process of being changed—and keep on struggling until you are changed.

Change is a choice. One choice after another. If you don't choose to go for the good - then, yes, bad could become a forever thing. And that would be a terrible shame - especially since there was so much potential for good ahead of you. Make sure the bad in you is only a ‘now’ thing!