HUMMMM.. With all the election stuff, seems all over blog land people are asking and thinking about character, morals, & ethics. News reports of "family values" politicians playing around with call girls, and stuff. CEOs looting company assets and retirement plans to line their own pockets. Politicians making promises we know are bogus, but yet allow them to do their plan, and somehow forget to hold them to their half.
Like with Clinton (the mister) as soon as you think of him, you then go right to the Monica thing. Though neither he or she ( the misses) will confirm it, some folks who are personally close to the Clintons imply they have an open marriage. That changes the rules alot. Except you should not play at work, geez.
It seems with politicians, and those who are looking to romantically date or simply befriend someone it is like you are extending "character credit." Then with a normal marriage the wave of euphoria wears off, and you realized you married a human, who can drive you up a wall. Then politicians to dumb human things, other do down right dirty illegal things feeling they are above the law. Reality sets in over time no matter what.
Watching westerns character was a big part of the story. Back then people fought and died over reputation, honor, and the like. Many samurai stories adapted well as westerns because of that theme. A John Wayne character saying "me and him go back a long ways" said a lot more than just the words.
Seems the only real truth is action. There is truth in dishonest action. What someone does day to day is the reality of who they are. People do first what is important to them, the rest is just details. Some guy who says his wife and kids are important, but is at the bar until 11 every night, makes you wonder. Where a guy who is at home with his family never has to say anything.
In fitness you know how much time we spend talking about fitness? HAHAHA! If people could move their bodies as much as they move their mouths we would be the healthiest nation on the planet. We could run the Kenyans into the ground, and out lift the Eastern Europeans.
I wonder how many stupid sob stories judges get from repeat offenders? How sorry, how stupid, how it will never happen again, three arrests ago. Maybe I could get on the pop culture bandwagon with my life coaching, and market instant character repair. Here you are now a good person on a silver platter, yippy hurray! "Here is Betty, she used to do drugs and beat her kids, but after 30 days on my program, she is a saint." I think part of who we are is the restitution we pay others and to our selves. Like fitness, I have no magic bullets.
As I got older, maybe not wiser, but definitely older, I find it rewarding to walk the walk. I am so far from a saint it is ridiculous but I do believe there are certain things we must challenge ourselves to do and to become to be human beings. Pop culture talks of building self esteem, and helping others build theirs. That comes from real accomplishments. No you can not be the best and fastest all the time, but you can get yourself to the game. If you do what it takes day in and day out the odds say you have to come out a head. If you do what you feel passionate about you really can't lose.
The Original 
