Not only do I try to reduce suffering to the best of my abilities and within my sphere of influence, I also try not to go out of my way to cause suffering. I don't consider myself any better or worse than other people, but it's interesting to me how far superior it makes me than the "God" character as depicted in the book worshipped by those who fear that god.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'