Trying to Be Good

Starting the journey, one honest conversation at a time.

The other day, I was in an Uber, just making small talk with the driver. I asked him how he was doing, expecting the usual—“Good, you?”—but instead, he said something that stuck with me.

“I’m trying to be good.”

Not I’m good, not I’m fine—but trying to be good. The honesty in that hit me like a truck.

I’ve been thinking about it ever since.

How we trick our…