Are You Here For Good?

"Are you here for good?", asked the eye doctor, to find out whether I was just here for a visit, or planning to stay. Am I here for good? "For good and for bad", I answered, "for better or for worse". For the honey and the stinger, for the bitter and the better. But "for good", in this place, can't mean for receiving good. I've been told that if you come to Israel expecting to receive, to get, to be given all good things, you'll fail here. Only if you come expecting to GIVE goodness, you'll succeed. I'm here for good, for giving, for offering, for sharing, for lending a hand, for doing my part. And that's good.