To be good, you must do what is right. If you do what is right, it will often be against the interests of others. This means that they will try to stop you. They will impose costs on your actions in the hope of dissuading you. Hence, the only way in which to be good regardless of the strength of your opponents is to be good in spite of the consequences. This may mean giving up wealth, power or comfort to do what is right. It may mean giving up your life. This is easy. It may mean giving up the trust of others. It may mean giving up their lives and the lives of your family. This is harder. Beyond this, it may mean giving up everything else, giving up not only what you have but what others have. Giving up countless lives and hopes and dreams to do what is right. It is at this third point that the decision to do good can become evil. It is here where one desire consumes all others and in doing so consumes you. It is at this point that the light burns too bright, so bright that it not only dispels the shadows, but burns away everything else. This way lie dragons and dragons are terrifying.
Yet, when the darkness is deep enough the light can be worth the cost.
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