Creating worlds

Recently I read about the motivating factors behind the roots of Christian monasticism.  Christians who were very serious about their faith couldn't or didn't want to be in a fallen world any longer.  To put it more precisely, these Christians saw how when Christianity became legal, it became very easy to be a believer and the faith was becoming watered down and polluted, so they left the world and went into the desert to work out their salvation, praying for the world and fighting against sin.  In a very real sense, they re-created their world according to what they thought should be.
In our current day, and in many times throughout the past, those who were very wealthy would set up their worlds according to the standards they desired.
The rest of us, all throughout time and even today, do our very best to create our world in the fashion we desire but are much more limited in our available time and money.
What does this all mean?  Success or failure in this endeavor doesn't ensure right or wrong.  We must use the direction of the Christian faith as seen in Scripture and the Church to create our world the best we can.  And we must work at it, hard, as an effort of faithfulness. We must not follow the easy or comfortable path.