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Senator Tom Daschle failed to pay more than $128,000 in taxes, partly for free use of a car and driver that had been provided to him by a prominent businessman and Democratic fund-raiser.
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Olympic gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps has been caught on camera smoking pot.
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Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger, III (Sully), the US Airways pilot whose feather-soft landing of Flight 1549 in the Hudson River last month saved the lives of the 155 people on board.
Three men. Three decisions.
What is behind a good decision? What leads to a bad decision? As a people-helper, what can you learn from these three stories?
As we sleep, opportunities are stacked up one by one like dominoes (I don't know who does that. Maybe there are "opportunity gnomes" roaming the earth at night.) The moment we become conscious in the morning, the opportunities start presenting themselves. Our day starts. Our decision-making begins as well.
Depending on how balanced & healthy we are, we will either make GOOD decisions or BAD decisions. For instance, if we are tired, overwhelmed (or even wildly successful), we aren't prepared to make the best decisions possible. I don't know what led to each of these men's individual decisions on taxes, smoking dope, or landing a plane. Only God knows that. What we see today are the results of those decisions. What we don't see is what was going on inside each of them BEFORE the decision was made.
The interesting thing is a follow up story about Sully and his soon-to-be overdue library book (which was lost in the cargo hold of the airplane.) The title? Professional Ethics. What do you suppose Sully has been feeding his mind on? How do you think that impacted his decision in the moment of truth?
MORAL: Read Philippians 4.8. What you feed your mind (on a continuous basis, along your journey) is what will ultimately show up in the moment of decision. What are you feeding your mind? It has a tremendous impact on Serving Strong!
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