I believe in moral absolutes.  I believe that  Truth, Good, Justice, Righteousness, and Honor exist and are worth fighting for.

I was lucky enough to attend a college at which Honor and Responsibility were more than just empty words; they meant something, and the college body was made of men and women of strong moral compass dedicated to upholding them.  Now, as a teacher, I run a classroom inside whose four walls these concepts endure.  My job is to pass on a fervent belief in human dignity, goodness, potential, and truth.

Children also naturally believe in moral absolutes.  They clearly understand good and bad and have an inherent sense of fairness and justice.  Fairy tales of good and evil make sense to them.  They are deeply saddened when good people get hurt.  Evil pains them.  At what point do adults cease to cry at the loss of Truth and Justice?

I once asked my great - aunt what she most wanted for her children:  "I want them to be good people," she said.

That is my deep wish for my own daughter:  that she be a good human being.  That she treat others with Dignity and Compassion.  That she live with Honor and Responsibility.  That she never cease believing in and striving for Truth and Justice.  That she Believe.

Some find it easier to doubt, to quit, to fudge, to deceive.  But this I believe: we were created for Good and we should nurture and cherish it.

Believe.  Hope.  Pray.