Marches in recent years, mostly by young people all over our country and abroad for issues such as gun control, are an ...

And maybe the best way to show one’s love for God is just to be a good person. Certainly all the other rules are there to help us to do both, not just to bind up heavy burdens for each other.

“A good person stands out more than a nice person, I feel. There’s something more distinct about being good, than just nice,” she says. So clearly, goodness wins over niceness.

So early on, being good - a good boy - meant, you know, being polite, which was probably good - nothing wrong with that - and, you know, all of that - and making A's in school.

It will likely take effort to step away from the good person's path, especially when it has met a measure of your needs. However, gradually, settling into your authenticity can be a nurturing comfort.

As young people try to figure out who they are, they’re going to be testing their own values. And a lot of the decisions that they’re going to be making daily are things like: What does it mean to be ...