The Test of Character

[Shane Connors]

The true test of character is simple:

Doing what is right simply because it's right - not because it "makes you feel good"...even if it causes you pain, even if it costs you dearly, even if other's think you're crazy for doing it...but simply because it's the right thing.

Honoring commitments - even if there is no earthly reason you should and even if other's release you from that commitment...it doesn't matter that other's wouldn't blame you in the least for not living up to them...you made the commitment....you lessen yourself if you abandon them.

Taking responsibility for your mistakes and not offering pedantic justifications...we all make mistakes and errors in judgement. Don't rationalize them away and attempt to make other's responsible for them. You and you alone make the conscious decision to pursue these acts and only you alone can atone for them.

[Shane Connors]

Thank you Annemarie, I've found it a sometimes lonely path to travel...but well worth the tribulations. Sustainment of the core of your beliefs in the face of doubt, adversity and the "culture of compromise" we now live in is difficult as you say...but it keeps me centered, grounded and focused.

[Annemarie Menard]

Shane,
How wonderful to find that this attitude is still alive. I have found that if I follow this simple, yet many times difficult, way of life I have peace within my own life. This world would be a better place if these words were posted everywhere people could see them as a reminder that character is still important.