Minute Message 5/2/98



Character



	It was Aristotle who said that one's character is simply the habits 

of behavior he or she has learned in responding to certain situations. Thus

people train themselves to be honest in the little things by giving back 

too much change at a store register or keeping their promises by extending

themselves being inconvenienced in order to honor their word. Thus,

Aristotle says, one comes to have the character of honesty, integrity, and

so on.



	You can be sure if a person does not discipline himself in life's

"little things" seldom acts virtuously or heroically when a crises emerges

without warning A person who has learned to be caring and to love others

in the daily routine will act in brave fashion in an emergency. That person

may fall on a grenade to save his fellow comrades or she will step in front

of a child at the sound of gunfire.



	We honor and elevate people who demonstrate character. But character is

something that we are no matter who is watching or what the situation may be. 

A person of character will always respond consistently in spite of everything.



How is you character?



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