We are all in the boat. The greatest lie is that my boat is better than your boat or you dont even belong in any boat. We are all in the boat.
This post marks the return of “In the boat” to being an active blog.
How about this for a novel idea. I found it in a book written by Stephen Covey. Paraphrasing he says, “Our values may determine what we do, but the principles we live by determine the outcomes of our actions.”
I dont know about you but there are people I know whose values are not that far away from me who, I believe, live with a complete lack of principles. Regardless of your political beliefs look at any politician. Regardless of your religious beliefs look at too many religious leaders.
Perhaps what you stand for is not as important as how you stand.
Perhaps the content of our life cannot be considered apart from the way we live it.
Perhaps we need to value principles. In the long run dont they really determine the cards life deals us anyway?
Our lives are to some extent always a function of our conditions. But perhaps our conditions become to some extent a function of us when we base our lives on principles worth living for.
Maybe things like honesty, fairness, compassion, love, courage, and many others do matter. Perhaps, in some sense, all of us can be a lot more than we give ourselves credit for
July 4, 2011 at 9:23 am |
Ie the love the staement that “perhaps what you stand for as important as how you you stand” and will remember it. Thank you for this post.
Amy S.