Our Greatest Asset, By Roger Behra

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Our Greatest Asset

By

Roger Behra

The most important and valuable asset a person has must be safeguarded at all times and at all costs, because so many related activities are connected to that valuable asset. Once that important and valuable asset is harmed or tarnished it cannot be easily rehabilitated. The harm or tarnish can last a very long time, and in some cases a lifetime, especially if it happens at a young age. The most important and valuable asset referred to here is GOOD CHARACTER.

Good Character is the amount of personal honesty, integrity, and moral strength a person possesses. Good character does not automatically happen. With so many temptations facing everyone each day, a person has to constantly face the challenges to develop good character. It is an ongoing daily battle.

Many people lose the battle to maintain good and strong character because religious living is not part of their daily lives, and ignorance of the 10 Commandments prevails. Children grow up in households were Christians living and the knowledge of the 10 Commandments are absent. Then they attend public schools where discipline is mediocre at best. As a direct result character development is also absent on the good side. Good character is not anywhere in sight.

The prevalence of poor and bad character development is such a great part of the counterculture legacy. It is very, very obvious to say the least. In modern America it is a cultural epidemic, and since the year 2000 it has really blossomed. If the generation born in the year 2000 does not embark on a drastic change away from bad character development the next decade (2011-2020) will be extremely intolerable. The American culture will be like a prison full of bad characters, totally. The most important and valuable asset a person must have will be just a very distance memory.

R. B.
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