Get your own Free HomepageTRUSTWORTHY: the badge of honesty. Having it lets you look any man in the eye. Lacking it, he won't look back. Keep it at the top of your list.
LOYAL: The very word of life itself, for without loyalty we have no love of person or country.
HELPFUL: Part sharing, part caring. By helping each other, we can help ourselves, not to mention mankind. Be always full of help -- the dying man's last word.
FRIENDLY: Brotherhood is part of that word. You can take it in a lot of directions and do -- but make sure to start with brotherhood.
COURTEOUS: Allow each person his human dignity, which means a lot more than saying, "Yes, ma'am" and "Thank you, sir." It reflects an attitude that later in life you wish you had honored more.....earlier in life. Save yourself that problem. Do it now.
KIND: This one word would stop wars and erase hatreds. But it's like your bicycle. It's no good unless you get out and use it.
OBEDIENT: Start at home, practice it on your family, enlarge it to your friends, share it with humanity.
CHEERFUL: Anyone can put on a happy face when the going is good. The secret is to wear it as a mask for your problems. It might surprise you how many others do the same.
THRIFTY: Means a lot more than putting pennies away, and it's the opposite of cheap. Common sense covers it just about as well as anything.
BRAVE: You don't have to fight to be brave. Millions of good, fine, decent folks show more bravery than heavy weight champs just by getting out of bed every morning, going out to do a good day's work, and living the best life they know how against a lot of odds. Brave -- keep the word handy every day of your life.
CLEAN: Soap and water help a lot on the outside. But it's the inside that counts and don't ever forget it.
REVERENT: Believe in anything you want to believe in but keep God at the
top of it. With Him, life can be a beautiful experience. Without Him,
you're just biding time.
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