April 9, 2007

• "Ethics Is About How We Meet The Challenge Of Doing The Right Thing When That Will Cost More Than We Want To Pay"	The Josephson Institute of Ethics

  I was looking at my visitors when I saw that quote at the top of enigmatic_muse's blog. It's so very true. Doing the right thing isn't always easy, and isn't always what you want, but I've always felt that striving to do the right thing will reap its own rewards despite the difficulty. Often when trying to do the right thing, you find that the cost is high, so very high that you're reluctant to pay it, because the other options open to you all seem easier, simpler, more gratifying in the short term. We live in a world of instant gratification, and as such patience these days seems like a virtue that is in extremely short supply. But my father always taught me that any rewards worth having are not easy to obtain. Nothing in this world is free, everything has its price in some form or another and if you work hard to obtain it, then your hard work is your payment.

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