Better Than Good

The “Better Than Good” Life


I am doing better than good because I understand that failure is an event, not a person; that yesterday ended last night; and that today is my brand-new day.

I am doing better than good because I have made friends with my past, I am focused on the present, and I am optimistic about the future.

I am doing better than good because I know that success (a win) doesn’t make me, and failure (a loss) doesn’t break me.

I am doing better than good because I am filled with faith, hope, and love and I live without anger, greed, guilt, envy or thoughts of revenge.

I am doing better than good because I am mature enough to delay gratification and shift my focus from my rights to my responsibilities.

I am doing better than good because I know that failure to stand for what is morally right is prelude to being the victim of what is criminally wrong.

I am doing better than good because I am secure in who and Whose I am, so I am at peace with God and in fellowship with man.

I am doing better than good because I have made friends of my adversaries and have gained the love and respect of those who know me best.

I am doing better than good because I understand that others can give me pleasure, but genuine happiness comes when I do things for others.

I am doing better than good because I am pleasant to the grouchy, courteous to the rude, and generous to the needy.

I am doing better than good because I love the unlovable and give hope to the helpless, friendship to the friendless, and encouragement to the discouraged.

I am doing better than good because I can look back to forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion, and up with gratitude.

I am doing better than good because I know that “he would be the greatest among you must become the servant of all.”

I am doing better than good because I recognize, confess, develop, and use my God-given physical, mental, and spiritual abilities to the glory of God and for the benefit of humankind.

I am doing better than good because my faith assures me that when I stand in front of the Creator of the universe, He will say to me, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”

Better Than Good by Zig Ziglar