Unfortunately, many wish to enjoy a certain reputation
they know in their heart they don’t deserve. “Handsome is as handsome does” sounds
a bit simple minded but it states the truth of this well. An ill-tempered
person may indeed wish to be loved and favored but by their very actions make this
impossible. I have often heard, perhaps you have as well, the refrain of a
friend or acquaintance of someone acting badly attempt to sell the idea this individual
really meant well, are basically a nice person, have a “heart of gold” and are
just going through a rough patch to explain away their behavior. Nonsense:
Handsome is as handsome does. Actions always trump intentions. Consider: The
thief who buys a loaf of bread for the poor with his ill-gotten gains is still
a thief, has the heart and mind of a thief and unless they change will never be
free of fear, ultimately reaping all the negative rewards, secular and
spiritual, living in this manner always
engenders.
Living on the Spiritual Basis our serenity, our
freedom in Spirit, our peace of mind and heart, is measured by our actions. We
must walk the way we talk or risk suffering mightily at the hands of hypocrisy
and history is littered with stories of those who failed to heed this truth or
attempted to ignore it by convincing themselves what they were doing may have
been wrong, but “the ends justified the means.” Some of the greatest tragedies
in human history began with this lie.
“A man is what he thinks about all
day long.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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