picture in my mind

Been trying to make myself write one of the compulsory essays for Virtue and Leadership class, and came across this from the Analects:

Tseng Tzu said, "A Gentleman must be strong and resolute, for his burden is heavy and the road is long. He takes benevolence as his burden. Is that not heavy? Only with death does the road come to an end. Is that not long?"

~ Book 8:7

Being good is difficult, ne.