St Peter tells us you will have to do your utmost yourselves.
Adding goodness to the faith that you have.
This is an injunction easy to read, but for ourselves?
Difficult to achieve even with love.

He wants us to add understanding to goodness.
Self control to understanding.
A difficult path in the midst of every day darkness.
All our efforts notwithstanding.

And he says add patience to your self control.
True devotion to your patience,
But patience above all takes its toil.
Especially given our nagging impatience.

And we are told to add kindness to your fellow men.
And to this kindness love, despite failing we can only try again and again.