What example do I want to set for those who look to me for guidance? What legacy do I want to leave behind when I die? If someone digs through my personal history, my belongings, my deeds, would I be able to say with sincerity “yes, these are mine, and I am glad of them”?

On the one hand, we do all have a choice in what path we walk, as I well know. And choosing to walk a non-Light path is indeed possible, but if it is at odds with what one is Meant to be doing, it is not pleasant. Why be Light? Because despite human flaws and failings, it’s something mandated by a higher being than I.

If others around me are “getting away with” not following social constructs, sometimes yes it does get to me. At the same time, I realize that they are fighting something they don’t understand, fearing perhaps that to become a symbiotic part of the whole will diminish them as a unique individual. The peace I have knowing that I’ve done what needed done in the proper manner, is worth more than having whatever gains someone else got nefariously.

The ripples we spread as Light Side people may seem faint and take a long time to get far, but they are there and in time they do grow. A few people can make a difference.

And as others have said, those who sow dissonance will eventually face the music for it; and it’s my opinion that in subtle or overt ways, they already do. We maybe just don't see it gnawing away at their thoughts, their bodies, their spirit. At some point though, those people at odds with Light may seek to change, and if those of the Light had all given up hope and abandoned the way, who would be there to help them? It’s less about “those people getting what they deserve” and more about “those people being healed and finding peace.”