“…I am not bound to win,
But I am bound to be true.
I am not bound to succeed,
But I am bound to live up to the light I have
I must stand with anybody that stands right,
Stand with him while he is right,
And part with him when he is wrong……..”
Abraham Lincoln
Taylor Smith relates that during one of his voyages, business was done on the ship between the soldiers and the natives of Aden. One native ignorant of the value of English coins, sent back too much change to one of the soldiers who promptly returned it. The native realising he was in error, but not knowing by how much, sent back more change. The soldier returned the surplus money.
“You’re a fool,” exclaimed an onlooker to him.
“Do you think so?” asked the soldier. “I do not intend selling my honour for the sake of a few coppers..!”
Some time ago a trustee of the Bio Medical Ethics Centre organised a seminar on ‘The Declining Standards of Ethics,” People who spoke included Justice S.Radhakrishna of the High Court and also Super Cop Julio Rebeiro. Said the judge; “What can you expect from this generation, when parents instead of being models of basic ethics for their children, are involved in scams like leaked exam papers?” He lauded a suggestion made by Mr Rebeiro that ‘people should band themselves together to fight corruption in society.’ Dr Antao at the end of the seminar pleaded for a society with a human heart and ethical standards be applied from the womb to the tomb..!
I’m glad such an awareness programme was organised, because there is a desire among people to return to traditional values such as honour and honesty.
Honour and honesty are learned behaviours.
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Our children, our co-workers, our employees, learn from us. They learn by observation, not by conversation. Sometimes they can’t hear what we’re saying because what we are doing speaks louder.
Little people steal little things because they see big people steal big things with impunity. Little people tell little lies because they hear big shots tell big ones. Why won’t an employee falsify a report when he sees his employer over charge a customer? We tell our children, “It’s not whether you win or lose but how you play the game.” Then they watch us cheating and lying as we play the game of life.
My prayer as I end this piece is:
Lord, help me put away deceit
And live a life’s that’s true
And may there be integrity
In all I say and do.
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Robert Clements is a newspaper columnist and writes a daily column, which has graced the pages of over 60 newspapers and magazines, from a daily column in the Khaleej Times, Dubai, the Morning Star, London, and in nearly every state in India, from The Statesman in Kolkata, to the Kashmir Times in Kashmir to the Trinity Mirror in Chennai.
The truth be told.
Retrospection of self behavior is utmost important and change self.Remove the bad thing in you by which somebody else is suffering.Improvement of self should be purpose of life.
Very true Bob Integrity is what we do when nobody is watching. If only we remember that we cannot hide from ourselves and our Creator who sees and knows it all and that ultimately we are answerable only to Him, we will always do the right thing. In any case we came with nothing and will go with nothing, so we might as well live a life of truth and integrity and leave that as our legacy.
As a teacher who takes tuition classes, I ask kids to refrain from copying. Most of the times, even from kids with “decent” family backgrounds they take me to be mad. The whole attitude is “why not? If I have the opportunity?” Ethics is in the dumps.
Building character is very essential. Sadly we Indians only know the Danda. At times I wonder how does the lying and cheating father have the guts to face his children?
So much blessed Bob, may integrity and truthfulness always prevail, It never goes unrewarded.
Honesty is the best policy. The Bible says that a lying tongue is an abomination to the Lord. One lie leads to another and in time it’ll be a habit. The conscience will stop pricking. Sin will find us out. We sin against God who is holy when we sin. We pass down the sin
Honesty is the best policy. The Bible says that a lying tongue is an abomination to the Lord. One lie leads to another and in time it’ll be a habit. The conscience will stop pricking. Sin will find us out. We sin against God who is holy when we sin. We pass down the sin
Abraham Lincoln’s words really touched my heart. Truth is not to be told, it is to be lived.