Why is it SO HARD to do the "right thing" sometimes?

Answer 1

I wannabee right...wright...write...RITE!
What's your problem? Mine is discerning what is right and wrong...or is that easy for you? This whole world seems upside down to me, where people are respected and rewarded for competitive, back-stabbing behavior and cheating each other out of their money. And if that fails, at least they can waste someone's time...

Is it because the 'right' thing seems to lead to captivity and isolation? Is it because people get lonely, or bored with 'rightness'? Is it because of a lack of excitement in their lives? Or because nobody really listens to them, or seems to care one bit about them? Or maybe it's because the 'right ' thing is not always fun, and gets the 'wrong' doers in trouble? And the 'wrong' doers resent it, and blame the 'right' doers for their misery...
I DON'T KNOW!!!
(Job didn't either, and said so, to the dismay of his listeners...)

Answer 2

Because we inherited sin from adam and eve, therefore we aren't perfect. Jesus ALWAYS did the right thing, but some people still accused him of doing something wrong. Because right now in this world, it seems that for society doing whats right is doing whats wrong. However, we should try to do right but thats why Jesus died for our sins because at those times when we don't do whats right, we can be forgiven.

Answer 3

Because it's hard to have patience and unconditional love. When someone does or says something that's unfair, wrong, rude, or mean, we feel like we should get even. We have to remember that God will punish, it's not our job. And everything will be right and just in the end (heaven).

Answer 4

that's the sad part of living. sometimes wrong decisions are easier to make and gives convenience to one. but ultimately it makes you deal with some consequences.

correct decisions are like bitter pills. it must be taken even at one's rejection. this is not to say though that you will always need to follow the right path. sometimes, it is a blessing to do the wrong thing as it will enrich your knowledge of life.

wrong decisions make one wiser and provides a better perspective of life.

right decisions makes one a civilized person.

Answer 5

My middle daughter often says to her younger sibling. "Why don't you listen to me? Why won't you obey? He then replies by saying "You are not my mother, nor my Father" leave me alone.

I am often amused when both of them work so hard toward a resolution. Oh, they do eventually make up.

I believe its that thing called "self" that gets in the way most of the time. Selfishness is the root of all sin. One songwriter says "Not I, but Christ" in every word and action. Christ only Christ must be heard and seen in our lives.

We are daily growing in his grace. His grace is sufficient.

Answer 6

Just do the hard thing right.

Answer 7

The right thing often hurts our flesh !!! Our enemies are the world, the flesh, and the devil !! Lots of things get blamed on the devil that are our own fleshly desires. The FLESH is pretty demanding.

Answer 8

Because there usually -IS- no 'right' thing. Even dogs and cats are able to weigh possibles and choose the more desireable or neccessary , according to their past lessons of triumph or failure.

Answer 9

If people are being unreasonable or irrational then there is in all probability something else occurring or, as Benn observed, this is only suggestions missfire...happens to the superb people.

Answer 10

where does it say that doing the right thing to do is going to be the easy thing to do