CONSCIENCE

CONSCIENCE

Frederick Lewis in a 1925 sermon once said, "The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle." all these are primarily tied to your moral sense of judgment, of what is right and wrong.

The concept of right or wrong is sometimes left to the convenience of our individualistic and selfish view, but right and wrong are a matter of our attitude and character towards fellow men and women. If we do not consider our neighbors, if we do not love them, if we do not put ourselves in their shoes, and treat them as we want to be treated, we have failed our conscience.

Right or wrong is not democratic, it is not a matter of numbers, but that of good judgment. Leo Tolstoy once said, "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." Wrong is wrong irrespective of the numbers that indulge in it, if it is good for you but it hurts another, it is not good for both.

We can not all be perfect, we cannot have the right sense of judgment at all times, we can not at all times act in the best interest of others, but we can make efforts to do our best in being people of good conscience and character. We must allow our CONSCIENCE to guide our decisions, we must not be selfish at all times. Our CONSCIENCE is a God given compass to living right, let us follow where it leads.

(A➡️Z)14➕Z)

John Kamikun

Author, "366 days of wisdom".