Not good nor ever good.

I read some good articles yesterday. The first article described how nontheists are apparently putting up billboards that say "are you good without God? Millions are." This apparently means to swing more people into thinking that being good is something that you can achieve. This may be true for a nontheist, but based on the article, the only "good" in God's eyes is perfection. I don't think I can ever achieve perfection. I don't do enough right or good to be at that point. I don't think I am going around doing bad things, but really could be doing more to be a better person. I don't pray enough nor do I do enough for other people. Similar to the message from the book of Eli, I should be doing more for others than I do for myself. That will help me do better.

The other article was about respect in relationships. I like to think that I am respectful to the women I try to talk to and the ones I do converse with. I don't anticipate anyone giving in to any charm I have and immediately falling for me. I like to find out what I can about a woman and get to know them. Part of the feeling I get out of talking to girls is getting to know someone as a person. I wasn't getting that at bars or parties, especially when I was not staying sober. I don't think I look at women as sexual objects. I am not asking them terribly personal questions or probing their history. To me a relationship has to develop. Any relationship worth having will take some work. I am not friends with many people outside of my family, and maybe I should take more time to befriend other people.

I am also ready for my netflix movie review. Sling Blade was okay, I wasn't really expecting much. It was too much of a classic or I had heard to much about it to say that I am too good to watch it. Shiri was an okay action flick, but was just to over the top for me to really like. Also most of it was in another language and reading subtitles gets boring after so long. I also watched 500 days of summer. The movie was not as good as I thought it would be. The guy got screwed over though, putting all that time and commitment into the girl only for the girl to break up with him and be engaged a short time later. It really hurt when she told him that she felt a way about the new guy that she never felt about the protaganist. That can go both ways though, I kind of got to that point with my last girlfriend back in 2008. I got to the point where I didn't think she was the one for me and broke up with her soon after.