I know that no is perfect all of the time but, when you are a leader and have others looking up to you and to you for an example it is important to have a moral standard, ethics. In my role as a tutor to second graders it is important that I keep the same rules from week to week, set a good example, and am always fair. It is also important to keep my same standards everywhere I go because I never know when some one will be watching. Just last week I ran into one of my students at DI. If I had been wearing inappropriate clothing or speaking with bad language he would have lost all respect for me and would have not followed my leadership.
I am also an example of the Church. Though there are many decisions to make, following your conscience, or the spirit, is always the best choice. Even though other people do things or compromise their integrity, it is no excuse for me to do the same. I really could not believe that people would admit to cheating and deception in their school work let alone do it with pride. The real shocker was when that girl said that it was dishonest but, not dishonest enough to make her stop.
I should always live with in my chalk circle. In the movie A Little Princess Sarah, the main character, tells a story in which a chalk circle is drawn around a young woman to protect he. She is safe while in the circle but, when she leaves its confines she is captured by a beast. She was eventually saved was when her love came to rescue her and died in the process only to be resurrected when an animal gave him its life. This Is like the chalk circle of which he spoke. When we leave our ethical boundaries we get caught by Satan. The only way we can be saved is through Christ, who loves us all. When I was little and played with chalk I would sit for a long time in my protection circle. I think that I now need to mentally draw my circle again and keep inside the boundaries by my integrity.
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Great analogy Malorie! I love the Little Princess movie! Thanks for the new view on the usual 'chalk circle'.
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