Look at the papers. You have coaches allegedly betting on sports and athletes indicted for robbery. Former aids to vice presidents apparently lying to FBI agents. Insurance agents facing years in jail and fines for allegedly selling investments illegally, costing investors millions. Of course, there’s Enron. It never stops.
But the question is: when does it begin? I’m sure these people left home years ago saying, “mama, you’ll be proud, someday my name will be all over the papers.” But surely this isn’t what they had in mind. What series of decisions led to where they – and so many others - are now?
Jim Rohn said that “we all must pay one of two pains, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.” Discipline, he said, weighs ounces, but regret is measured by the pound. The news seems full of some heavy regret.
Look in the mirror with me. What key disciplines are we lacking? What bad choices could we be making? Are there little compromises in our activity that are robbing us of our integrity? Are we following in footsteps that we know lead to shame and dishonor? If so, we’re not in good company.
* Title from “A Day In The Life” by Lennon/McCartney. Like you didn’t know that.
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