Are You Getting Better?

Good is not good where better is expected. – Thomas Fuller

Good is often all we strive for.

Or, more accurately, what we often settle for.

But good isn’t good when your standards are higher.

When you decide that merely “good” isn’t enough, your life will transform.

But you must make that decision for yourself – no one will do it for you.

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