Every day we are tempted to take the easy way out. Opportunities to cheat show themselves around every corner of life. In school there was always the temptation to look over the shoulder of the person in front of you during a test, or to carry crib notes in the palm of your hand. In sales, it's easy to tell the customer what they want to hear in order to make the deal... after all, "let the buyer beware!" In our relationships, we borrow money, or things, or even love with no intention of paying it back.
However, short-cuts never pay-off in the long-run. The crooked path will always be found out. Just look at Bernie Madoff who made tons of money until the ponzi scheme he was operating came to light.
The only way to live securely is to walk with integrity. And the easiest way to walk with integrity is to always ask yourself one simple question before every decision: "Is this the right thing to do?"
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