Are you an ethical person? Here's a test from the Josephson Institute of Ethics, www.josephsoninstitute.org.
1. You apply for a job you want very much. You're sure you can do it well, but unless you make some untrue statements, the job will go to someone else. Would you "enhance" your résumé?
2. Your 12-year-old could get into a much better school if you lived in your sister's school district. She offers to let you use her address to enroll your child. Would you do it?
3. A health insurance application asks about previous injuries. If you admit to any, premiums would go up $50 a month. Would you hide them?
4. The bill at a posh restaurant shows a $60 error in your favor. A friend suggests you say nothing but leave a large tip. Would you do it?
5. Your 13-year-old looks 11. You could save $14 at an amusement park if you say he is younger than 13. Would you do it?
6. You badly need a loan that you will get only if you understate what you owe. Would you do it?
7. The auto body repairman offers to fix damages not caused by your recent collision as part of your insurance claim. Would you do it?
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
The Discipline of Spiritual Tenacity
"Be still, and know that I am God."-- Psalm 46:10
Tenacity is more than endurance, it is endurance combined with the absolute certainty that what we are looking for is going to transpire. Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off. Tenacity is the supreme effort of a man refusing to believe that his hero is going to be conquered. The greatest fear a man has is not that he will be damned, but that Jesus Christ will be worsted, that the things He stood for- love and justice and forgiveness and kindness among men- will not win out in the end; the things He stands for look like will-o'-the-wisps. Then comes the call to spiritual tenacity, not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately on the certainty that God is not going to be worsted.
If our hopes are being disappointed just now, it means they are being purified. There is nothing noble the human mind has ever hoped for or dreamed of that will not be fulfilled. One of the greatest strains in life is the strain of waiting for God. "Because thou has kept the word of my patience."
Remain spiritually tenancious.
My Utmost for His Highest
February 22
Tenacity is more than endurance, it is endurance combined with the absolute certainty that what we are looking for is going to transpire. Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off. Tenacity is the supreme effort of a man refusing to believe that his hero is going to be conquered. The greatest fear a man has is not that he will be damned, but that Jesus Christ will be worsted, that the things He stood for- love and justice and forgiveness and kindness among men- will not win out in the end; the things He stands for look like will-o'-the-wisps. Then comes the call to spiritual tenacity, not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately on the certainty that God is not going to be worsted.
If our hopes are being disappointed just now, it means they are being purified. There is nothing noble the human mind has ever hoped for or dreamed of that will not be fulfilled. One of the greatest strains in life is the strain of waiting for God. "Because thou has kept the word of my patience."
Remain spiritually tenancious.
My Utmost for His Highest
February 22
Sunday, February 10, 2008
this is love...
there is nothing like spending the day with brock and braxton to make you forget all the crappiness in life.
climbing into/out of the bumbo provides hours of entertainment
just chillin' in the bumbo...btw, it is facing the fireplace not the tv so it isn't as if it should be entertaining
reading before nap time
"look at my new favorite trick"... i'm pretty sure it is his only trick
so excited to swing!
this is actually pretty impressive...he balances on the car to reach the rings and then steps off the car and swings before jumping off and landing on his feet
working on his dunk
playing in the sand box
"daddy told me to get out all the weeds"
climbing into/out of the bumbo provides hours of entertainment
just chillin' in the bumbo...btw, it is facing the fireplace not the tv so it isn't as if it should be entertaining
reading before nap time
"look at my new favorite trick"... i'm pretty sure it is his only trick
so excited to swing!
this is actually pretty impressive...he balances on the car to reach the rings and then steps off the car and swings before jumping off and landing on his feet
working on his dunk
playing in the sand box
"daddy told me to get out all the weeds"
Friday, February 8, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
opinion
i would like opinions. if you don't feel like getting philosophical, a simple yes or no will suffice (even though i would prefer an explanation). do you agree with the saying: 'it is not what happens to you that matters, but how you take it.' a more popular way to put it is: "life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."
i will give $100 to anybody who can solve this equation for my corporate finance class:
1000 = 45 {[1/(y/2)] X [1-(1/((1+y/2)^20))]} + [1000/(1+(y/2)^20)]
***btw, i guess and checked the answer, i would like somebody to solve it algebraically
a few things from church on sunday:
--fear is really just the absence of faith
--salvation may be free, but it is not cheap
--ecclesiastes 3: our time is God's
--philippians 4:19: and my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus
top five reasons why i like my job this week (as opposed to last week when i almost quit):
--william sings to me in chinese.. apparently the only english word he knows how to say (but i don't think he knows what it means) is "kick, kick, kick", of which he says while laughing hysterically
--i had ZERO screamers/cryers... finally
--i still haven't been puked on
-- it is eighty-something degrees outside, so i don't feel quite so mad at having to wear a swimsuit
--the boss who i am upset at for making me work when i was sick and had a doctor's note telling me not to work wasn't there (hmmm... maybe she got sick?!)
picture of the post, simply because it makes me smile:
i will give $100 to anybody who can solve this equation for my corporate finance class:
1000 = 45 {[1/(y/2)] X [1-(1/((1+y/2)^20))]} + [1000/(1+(y/2)^20)]
***btw, i guess and checked the answer, i would like somebody to solve it algebraically
a few things from church on sunday:
--fear is really just the absence of faith
--salvation may be free, but it is not cheap
--ecclesiastes 3: our time is God's
--philippians 4:19: and my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus
top five reasons why i like my job this week (as opposed to last week when i almost quit):
--william sings to me in chinese.. apparently the only english word he knows how to say (but i don't think he knows what it means) is "kick, kick, kick", of which he says while laughing hysterically
--i had ZERO screamers/cryers... finally
--i still haven't been puked on
-- it is eighty-something degrees outside, so i don't feel quite so mad at having to wear a swimsuit
--the boss who i am upset at for making me work when i was sick and had a doctor's note telling me not to work wasn't there (hmmm... maybe she got sick?!)
picture of the post, simply because it makes me smile:
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