The measure of a person’s real character is what they would do, if they knew they would never be found out.
The measure of a person’s real character is what they would do, if they knew they would never be found out.
T. B. MACAULAY
What would you do, if you knew you could never be found out?
For many people, there are many different answers to this question.
Obviously, at the root of the question, is the fundamental understanding of whether or not, your morality is truthful to the core.
Contemplating being within the vacuum of being able to do anything without a repercussion, brings massive temptation to almost anyone.
Somewhere in the dark recess of everyone’s mind, lies one or two things that they wish that they could do without fear of punishment.
For some, the temptation lies on the personal side, and for others on the professional side. Would you rob a bank if you knew you could not be caught? Would you have an extra marital affair? Would you cheat on your taxes? The crime is entirely incidental in the examination of the moral principle. Once a person is willing to do something against their own personal morality, that line of demarcation has been crossed, and the new territory of doing that which could not be discovered, is awakened.
As we grow older, and we learn upon which people we may rely, and upon whom we are less likely to trust, we are also potentially unearthing part of that deep internal psyche that tunes in to the vibrations of other people.
When the circumstance becomes solely an unspoken confidence between ourself and our reflection in the mirror, the true test of our internal resolve is brought to full measure.
It is a great litmus test for each of us to leverage, such that we might gain deeper insights about qualities within ourselves that we admire, versus qualities that we may wish to improve upon, predicated upon that which we have learned.
Happy Tuesday!
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