Ethics

With so many scandals of late we should discuss ethics. It is a difficult topic for some but a necessary one for society.

Ethics are essentially how we treat each other. As you can guess love should be the rule of the day. What I can tell you it is not just about our failures. Many of us in life fail or fall from grace. The true test of ethics is how do we proceed after such.

Everyone talks about what is wrong and how you should treat others but few talk about if what you do if you fail or fall. So lets discuss that.

When we fall in any way we must examine ourselves. We must ask the hard questions of where did things go wrong. Why did we stumble into a path of despair. We must ask ourselves who did we hurt and how can we make right.

The trick with ethics is even after a fall we must continue and rebuild ourselves. It is not easy but neither is love. That quite frankly is usually the problem. At some point we stop using love and disregard someone somewhere for some reason.

I've stumbled many times in my life. I have even fallen. But I accept my errors as best I can and try to pick myself up and learn. Hopefully I can make right for whatever I have done or do better in the future. Because that is part of ethics. Always acknowledge your failures as well as your success.

When you acknowledge both you show you are trying. You show you care enough to learn and heal. You show love.

The reasons why we fall are many. Sometimes it is out of our hands and we get drawn into things unintentionally. Sometimes we dive in.  The latter being the worst. As I have mentioned before we must approach people and life with love.

I realize we are not perfect but neither is love. It requires work, support, and so much devoted energy. Sometimes we have to forgive ourselves and sometimes others. Sometimes we must forgive the unforgivable.

Life is not perfect and neither are we. I think that is the point though. We all have flaws. The only way to work with each other is to hold a standard of compassion and love. When we abandon that then we are in an ethical quandary.

Oh I could tell you so many times in my life people have left deep and bitter scars. There have been times in deep pain I lashed back at them. There have been times I lashed out at whoever stumbled upon a deeply hurt soul.

However I can, I try. I don't have every answer or idea how to fix it all but I do try. In that I love. I forgive, both myself and others. It is and always has been the origin of a problem for which we must resolve and heal. For without this we only treat the symptoms.

As for ethics we should begin in honesty, dignity, respect, and yes love. People may not return it but we must try. We may feel the sting of reprisal for falling but it is a result of our path. Sometimes we end up in thorns.

Justice in such matters vary. It is difficult to tally up a response because every persons pain is different. However, it must be done. It is an ethical soul that when they hurt acknowledges their pains and accepts censure or punishment to balance the pain.

And if it is justice it will not outweigh the pain caused. It is just as much about love when we deal justice as it is when we pay for it. We must acknowledge our imperfections in judgement as well as payment.

Love is our only path if we are to ever exist and thrive as a society. Without it you will only know pain and division. It is not perfect and we may be hurt but if we refuse to give up and do try then we give love a chance. And in the end love is the only thing that will heal us.

The ethical soul lives in and for love. It knows when to pay and when to forgive. It is the anvil of  of perfection.

I am imperfect but I love. As such it makes my path that which leads to perfection even with all my flaws. Please lead an ethical life and choose love. It serves us all.



Love is Never Wrong!