Who will you be tomorrow?

Story by Steve Goodier

One man sat at a stop light. The woman in front of him was going through papers on the seat of her car, and when the light changed to green she didn't go. A green light is not a suggestion, you know, it is more of a commandment. But she didn't notice. When the light turned red again, she still had not moved. The man in the car behind her now started screaming and beating on his steering wheel. A policeman tapped on his windshield. 'You can't arrest me for hollering in my car,' the man said. The cop asked for his license and registration, returned to his car, talked on the radio for a while, and finally handed the papers back. The driver protested, 'I knew you couldn't cite me for yelling in my own car!' The officer replied, 'I didn't want to cite you for shouting in your car. But I was directly behind you at the light. I saw you screaming and beating your steering wheel, and I said to myself, 'That man is out of control. He's going to hurt someone!' 'Then I noticed a bright yellow 'Love Is a Choice' license tag, and a 'Give Peace a Chance' bumper sticker, on your car and I was sure you must have stolen the car', as your behaviour did not reflect the bumper stickers.

Reflection:

Are you always the person you want to be? For a minute, forget what you want others to see you as and step out of your body and watch yourself behaving in all situations, good and bad. What do you think you would see? Would you be proud of your actions or shocked? A true test of character is to see how people act when they think no one is watching, We've seen people act really strange and out of character when they feel no one is watching, this has even happened with powerful, respectable leaders. People may act perfectly on record and when they think they off record they act in a completely different way, sometimes very badly. At the end of the day being true to yourself is where it all counts, because if you not true to yourself and act in accordance of who is watching or listening you are not going to be seen as a genuine, independent person. Knowing what you believe and truly walking your talk is the first and greatest step to Integrity. So the choice is yours… Be you, the most honest you that you can be!

May you have an awesome week and always find it in you to do what is right especially when nobodies looking.

Darren Zwiers

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken" - Oscar Wilde