This may be the most important mantra ever

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(Photo: Our actions are the truest reflection of our values.)

This may be the most important mantra ever. It may also be the most impossible:

Live your life so that if anyone ever said anything bad about you, no one would believe it.

PS. Impossible is nothing.

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Are we victims of the rules we live by?

Enormous dictionary in Church library
Good thing this is a dictionary and not a rule book. Geez, could you imagine?

 

Are we victims of the rules we live by?

What if the rules we follow we hand-pick from a good list, and we intentionally leave the difficult rules off our personalized list.

Will this eventually catch up with us and choke our integrity?

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101 days later

Christmas evening 2012, 9:44pm…

Cheryl and Chapin in bed, and as I was readying myself for day’s end, the gentle tug of integrity.

You have five daily, differently-themed blogs to write, I heard my conscious whisper.

Do what you say you’re gonna do.

You’re good with yourself, right?

No one would know if we didn’t. Classic temptation. Right?

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James 3:17 is a great litmus test

owls
aren't owls supposed to be wise?

Why not plan our death as best we can?

James 3:17. Is the solution pure and holy? Does it bring peace? Is it considerate and humble? Is it full of mercy, impartial, and sincere?

If we answered yes to each, we’re on the right track.

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Dear Son, Trust Is Everything

Dear Son, trust is everything. Rare. Priceless really. You must extend it if you wish to receive it – beware that you may not get it in return. Just a fact of life.

Lets assume you work for an organization under current usual and customary paradigms. If your organization can not guarantee you will always work there (and they can’t), what’s the smart Plan B option?

Exactly. And pursue your Plan B with the highest level of integrity. Act so you never have to look over your shoulder, because you never took a shortcut.

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