Even if, DO THE RIGHT THING

I recently heard about someone stealing from their loved ones. You know, stealing is bad at anytime but to steal from those who give you a place to live, food to eat, encourage you, and care for you is just unfathomable to me.

I don't want anything that isn't mine. You could literally place one million one dollar bills on a table and I wouldn't take a one, not a single one. Now, if you told me it was mine, and could convince me, I might take enough to get a tank of gas, which is more than I care to talk about. However, if you didn't tell me it was mine, if it was just sitting there, I wouldn't even touch it.

Today's word is a quote I came across a while back that just sort of sums things up for me: "Don't ever regret or apologize for doing the right thing. Even if your voice shakes, even if you stand alone, DO THE RIGHT THING!"

Sometimes the hardest thing in the world to do is to let the ones we care about suffer the consequences for their actions. We never want to see our loved ones suffer so we will do whatever it takes to "bail them out". Maybe the best thing we can do, the right thing to do is to let them feel the full effects of their actions. I remember being told not to run or I might fall and skin my knee. Yet, they let me run and fall and skin my knee instead of trying to put padding in every parking lot in the world. I learned that if I ran, the possibility was that I could fall and skin my knee.

Standing for what is right is often difficult. We have to be people of integrity and do the right thing for the right reason every time. The same is true when it comes to letting people see that there are prices to pay for our decisions. Yes, it may be hard but, even if...DO THE RIGHT THING!

Be Blessed,
Mickey T