{"id":37,"date":"2015-03-31T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/techblog\/?p=37"},"modified":"2015-03-31T09:06:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T16:06:39","slug":"twelve-words-to-live-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/mikeblog\/2015\/03\/31\/twelve-words-to-live-by\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve words to live by"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. It’s Holy Week, and for me, as a Catholic, it’s a time to reflect not only on my faith, but how I can be a better person through my faith.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have four holy cards on my nightstand — the only four I’ve ever owned — which I picked up a couple years ago while we were visiting one of the California missions. Of the four, I reflected most on one that I had found particularly appropriate: an image of Jesus with a small group of Boy Scouts. I know, I was equally surprised such a thing existed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On the back of the card, where usually would be found an appropriate prayer, was the Boy Scout Oath and Law:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Boy Scout Oath:<\/span><\/p>\n

On my honor\u00a0I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Scout Law:<\/span><\/p>\n

A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It got me to thinking about my promise to do more to be a better person, to live my faith through my actions towards others. Up to this point, I hadn’t really come across a solid way to pin that notion down, to engrain it within…to make it personal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Being an Eagle Scout, it really hit home. The Boy Scout oath sums up what I \u00a0see as the most simple and concise path to being the person I want to be. The Scout Law embodies everything we should strive to attain, in 12 powerful words. I was humbled when I thought about it…I had known this all along, had memorized it as a boy, but had let it fade over time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Life should be a balance of living your faith, working towards your goals and striving to become the best person you can be. I believe the Boy Scouts did an excellent job of embodying these principles, and I intend to embody them myself as I continue my journey.<\/span><\/p>\n

May you all have a reflective and revitalizing Holy Week, everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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