Sunday, May 13, 2012

Summer Break


Writing this blog over the last 20 weeks has truly been restorative therapy for me.  I've discovered things about myself that I thought had either been lost long ago, or that had never been truly a part of who I am now.  I hope that many of you have been encouraged and helped as you have chosen to join me on this spiritual journey.  Some have been with me from week one.  Others have joined along the way.  The readership of the blog has increased each week.  Thank you for reading, and telling others about it.

With summer being now upon us, I've decided to take a short summer recess from posting weekly blogs.  Don't worry!   I'm not quitting.  I will be back.  I just can't say whether it will be in a few weeks or several weeks.  I've discovered that I love to express myself by writing, so I'm not going to give that up anytime soon.  I would like to spend the next several weeks, retooling.  When I return, I will either pick up Business Ethics in the Book of Proverbs where I left off, or I may spin off and write more about Living Ethically in Today's World.  I still have about 14 to 16 topics from Proverbs that I would like to cover, but in light of what is happening culturally in our world today, I may choose the new topic.  The premise of that topic would be to address the challenges of ethical living in the 21st century.   So, when I return, I may end up addressing both topics.  Stay tuned!

As I wrap up what I'm calling Part I, I went back and re-read that first blog posted on 1/1/12.  In that blog, I defined what my goals were in writing.  They were: 
  1. To introduce the reader to the richness of the Book of Proverbs and its teachings on Ethical Principles.
  2. To discover principles together that will help us navigate the daily challenges we all face in our culture.
  3. To encourage everyone that even though you may have failed many times to live ethically, whether personally, professionally or both, that you will discover that the Author of the Book used in this blog is someone who offers everyone a “second chance.”
As I look back at those goals, I think I have accomplished them, especially the first two.  I have had several tell me how I've helped make the Book of Proverbs current and fresh again by pointing out its timeless principles.  I've heard from others who've said that particular posts have helped them through some of their own challenges to live ethically.  Even though, I haven't personally heard from anyone how the third point had impacted them personally, I can say from my own experience that it has impacted me.  I'm so grateful that God is giving me this platform to tell others about Him and His Word; that He is the God of Second Chances; that He is a loving and forgiving God; and that He is still One who chooses to use imperfect humans like us to serve Him.

In closing, I would encourage each of you to take time to read a chapter in the Book of Proverbs daily or even weekly.  I would also encourage those who joined our journey along the way and have not read all of the blog posts to visit the archive section on the right side of the blog page.  There, you will find the posted blogs for the past 19 weeks.  I would also ask those who regularly read this blog to consider signing up, so you can start receiving these posts in your email.  This way, you are sure not to miss them when I start back up.  Signing up is simple and secure.  You will not be bombarded with ads or spam, and if you don't like it, you can unsubscribe at any time.  Just put in your email address in the space provided on the blog, hit the submit button, and you will then receive an email confirmation from Google that has a link in the body of the email that you will need to reply to, by simply clicking on the link.  If you do not take this last step, which is clicking on the confirmation link, you will not receive the posts via email.  Please be sure to complete this last step.  This will ensure that you are giving your permission to Google to send you this blog.

Have a great summer everyone.  Please feel free to stay in touch via email, by commenting on today's or past blogs, or by liking and posting on my business ethics page on Facebook.  I would love to hear from you.

May we always strive to lead ethical lives at home, at work and within our own consciousnesses. 

Until next time,
Tony Carroll

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