Handwashing

I think my thoughts have had a tendency to flow from an idealistic perspective. Things ought to be better, things can be better. But I see more clearly now.

While I still believe things ought to be better, and we should continue to work towards that end, it is clear that it can never be perfect. Not according to my ideal, nor the ideal of any one else.

This all stems from the thought (and the fact) that not everyone washes their hands.

It is well known that the best defense against disease and illness is to regularly wash your hands. This is taught in grade school and most parents even teach this at home when their children are very young. We drive it home through education, demonstration and insistence. Yet none of us do so the amount we should.

The point is that human beings, even though they know what they ought to do, even in the case of their own health and happiness, do not always do what is necessary. And it is due to this fact, that none of us ALWAYS wash our hands when we should, that perfection, morality, pure justice, even if it was possible to know, can never come to be.