Raising Standards

In her talk, Careful versus Casual, President Becky Craven, Second Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency, warned us against lowering our standards to match others'. Instead, she advised us to elevate others and encourage them to raise their standards. I see some wisdom in this. People would do well to hold themselves, if not also others, to high standards. We should all strive to exhibit great moral character, not just "good" or "acceptable" moral character. And sadly, some people's behavior is unacceptable, by God's standards. We should do better, and we should urge others to do better. The world regularly lowers its standards of personal moral conduct. We should do what we can to reverse that trend.