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Harvey Mackay
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Once upon a time on the outskirts of a big city stood an old temple where young boys would come to live and learn from an old monk. One day the monk gathered his students and told them: “I am growing old and slow. I can no longer provide for the needs of the temple as I once did. I want you to go into the city and follow the rich people. When no one is looking – and only when no one is looking – you must steal their purses. That way we will have enough money to keep our school alive.”
The boys said in disbelief: “But master, you have taught us that it is wrong to steal.”
The monk replied: “It would be wrong to steal if it were not absolutely necessary. Just remember, you must not be seen!”
The boys looked nervously among themselves and quietly began to leave. However, one student remained so the monk asked him, “Why did you not go with the others?”
Honesty is and will always be the best policy. Telling the truth at all times matters in so many ways, from building your reputation to improving your relationships. Your word has to be your bond.
Maybe that is why Thomas Jefferson said, “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
Or take a page from our first President, George Washington, who famously said he could not tell a lie when asked about the newly hewn cherry tree. Honest Abe Lincoln was also a paragon of truthfulness. As we celebrate Presidents’ Day, these are role models to uphold.
Honesty, ethics, integrity, values, morals are interchangeable because they all convey the single attribute that determines whether a person or an organization can be trusted. If truth ever stands in your way, you are headed in the wrong direction.
Every time dishonesty wins, it gets harder to convince our children that honesty is the best policy. Complete honesty in little things is not a little thing at all.
Sam Rayburn, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was once asked: “Mr. Speaker, you see probably a hundred people a day. You tell each one, ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ or ‘Maybe.’ You are never seen taking notes on what you told them, but I have never heard of you forgetting anything you promised. What is your secret?”
Rayburn carefully eyed his questioner and replied, “If you tell the truth the first time, you don’t have to remember.”
I have always tried to follow Sam Rayburn’s advice because if you always tell the truth, you don’t need a good memory.
Think about your own dealings with businesses, organizations and even personal friends. Do you patronize a store that makes promises they don’t keep or that sells products that don’t perform as expected? Would you donate to a charity that invests more in promotion than in helping others? Do you continue friendships with people who lie to
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Of course not. As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Honesty is so important that there’s actually a day to celebrate it: April 30, 2022, is Honesty Day. Author M. Hirsh Goldberg, author of “The Book of Lies: Fibs, Tales, Schemes, Scams, Fakes, and Frauds That Have Changed the Course of History and Affect Our Daily Lives,” created the day in the early 1990s. He placed it strategically on the final day of April to contrast with April Fool’s Day (lies!) at the beginning of the month.
Here’s a fish story that can actually be believed.
After fishing all day and not getting so much as a nibble, the fisherman went back to shore, loaded his boat on the trailer and began the drive home. Before reaching home, he stopped at a grocery store advertising fresh fish.
“Throw me a dozen of the biggest fish you have,” he said to the woman at the counter.
“Throw them? Why?” she asked.
Mackay’s Moral: Only those on the level can climb the highest peaks.
Reprinted with permission from nationally syndicated columnist Harvey Mackay, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller “Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive,” “We Got Fired!...And It’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us,” “The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World,” and “Use Your Head To Get Your Foot In The Door.”
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19 • Grey Eagle/Burtrum Lions Club 17th Annual Race on Trace starting at 10 a.m. on Trace Lake, Grey Eagle. See ad on page 8.
• 32nd Annual Valentine's Banquet starting at 6 p.m. at Word of Life Free Lutheran Church, Upsala.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 • Swanville Kindergarten Round Up from 8:30-11:30 a.m.
FRI.-SAT., FEBRUARY 25-26 • The Resurrected Artists Present "The Trouble with Trent" Dinner Theatre starting at 6 p.m. at RReVs, St. Anna. Also March 4-5, March 11-12; Sun. March 13 Matinee at 2 p.m. See ad on page 7.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 • Sobieski & Swanville Lions Club 29th Annual Fishing Contest starts at noon on Long Lake, Swanville. See ad on page 5. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27 • Bingo Fundraiser at 1 p.m. at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Freeport. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 • Folk & Old-Time Music & Potluck starting from 1-3 p.m. at the Village View Apartments, Grey Eagle. FRIDAY, MARCH 4 • Upsala Elementary School Kindergarten Roundup from 8:30-11:30 a.m. ALBANY TOWNSHIP • Meets the fourth Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Albany City Hall. • Planning Commission meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Albany City Hall.
BURNHAMVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Burtrum City Hall. BURTRUM CITY COUNCIL •MeetsthefirstMondayofthemonthat7p.m. FEET FIRST CLINIC • Meets the 1st Tuesday of the month from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at Holdingford City Hall. FOOD DISTRIBUTION • Ruby’s Pantry Food Distribution first Saturday of the Month from 10-11 a.m. at River of Live Church, Sauk Centre.
FREEPORT SENIOR MEETING • Meets the third Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m. with cards/Bingo/coffee/dessert.
GREY EAGLE CITY COUNCIL • Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. GREY EAGLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the first Monday of the month at 8 p.m.
MELROSE VFW #7050 POST/AUX. • Meets the firstTuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Melrose American Legion Clubrooms. STEARNS CO. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY • Meets at 7 p.m. on the 2nd Monday of the month at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Albany. SUNSHINE CLUB • Meets every Monday, weigh in starts at 8; meeting at 8:30 a.m. at the Village View Apartments, Grey Eagle. ST. ROSA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Community Park building.
SWANVILLE CITY COUNCIL • First Tuesday after the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. SWANVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 8:30 p.m. at the Swanville Fire Hall.
TODD COUNTY REPUBLICANS • Meets second Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Church, Clarissa. UPSALA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
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