Enjoying any intimate pleasure, for example, is a good deed. Any act of kindness or generosity, any support for a deserving cause, is a good deed. The range of good deeds is a wide as life itself. It is a good deed to keep one s body clean, to visit the sick, to teach, to provide an honest service or product, to employ someone in useful work. Righteous conduct is not a matter of unusual courage or brave acts.
People continue to fight against poverty and injustice.
In the countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, over one-third of the people live below the poverty line. They often lack clean water, adequate food, health care and education. For many, the answer is development a basic commitment to improving the condition and quality of people s lives, no matter where they live. In participating in development, we are enriched by God s presence. The following story is a good example of this.