Thursday, October 04, 2001

Observed

We want to do the moral thing, the right thing, because we want to believe that in the future we will be rewarded for our virtue. We want to believe that people who appreciate moral behavior are the ones doling out the jobs, granting the loans and keeping the gates.

This is not the case.

We are constantly disappointed by the immorality of the world, by the people who tell us it is easier and better to go along to get along, to tell the white lie that will save us, but that cannot save us from hurt.