June 17

Thursday, June 17, 2021 6:34 AM

There can be a false narrative in the public discourse that believes that because the majority of the populace believes in one thing that it must be right, or that it is ok.  This might be where the advocacy of violence to effect change comes from or why personal, business and political integrity appears to be at an all time low.  It could be the source of the discontent that people feel and why seemingly everyone defines success as material wealth.  But simply because the majority of the population believes that something is right, or ok to do, doesn't make it so.  It may make it popular or even legal, but it doesn't necessarily make it it right.  Your values are what you personally believe in and while they are influenced by external factors they should be examined, explored, developed and determined after a thorough internal review and vetting to determine what you actually believe in, and what is right for you.  And unfortunately, these may not be the popular choice or the views shared by the majority.  Truth, honesty, integrity, for example, are values that should not be malleable based upon the mood of the day or the right that is trying to be wronged.  And their pursuit should not elicit or use violence or dishonesty as tools to achieve them, but should remain fixed as guideposts to guide your character and your action.  Advertising, social media, political discourse and business will happily fill the value void for you and tell you what you should believe if you let them, but instead develop and be clear what your values are and what you stand for; and then live it.



It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.  Voltaire

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.  Potter Stewart

There is nothing right and wrong until anyone defines it.  Anonymous