
“History has shown us that character counts. Character above all.” ― David McCullough, 2008
Growing up, I had a strong sense of character. It started at home, where I learned kindness, curiosity, spirituality, humility, gratitude, and other virtues.
It also extended into civic organizations I participated in, such as the Boy Scouts and Boys State1, where I learned about duty, honor, integrity, teamwork, and selflessness.
It seems that there is a crisis of character of late, where we are exposed to leaders of all kinds who practice greed, fraud, injustice, hypocrisy, gaslighting, cruelty, and cowardice in public without a hint of shame.
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