Stealing has never been a problem or a temptation for me. My parents established with me early on that lying and stealing go hand in hand. Lying is one of my pet peeves. I hate deception. Not to be confused with the movie Inception because that is a great movie.
At my current job, it would be easy to steal a lot of items. But to me, losing my soul isn't worth some trinket I can live without.
Tonight, I was closing up the store and found this secret money tucked away. Why are you doing this to me Satan? Or could it be from you Heavenly Father? Either way, both sides are interested in what I will do.
I will be in control of my actions. I will control what happens to me as much as possible. Even when I have said this in the past, I felt like I was making choice after choice soley because I was on the path of one action- like when I chose not to be LDS for a time. That one choice led me down a path where I thought all of my actions after that were choices in the moment but in reality, they were because of one initial choice not to be LDS. I don't want to make a choice now, say to steal and then have some of my other actions after that be from out of guilt or shame- to lie about what I have done.
It's a lot easier to do your best, to fall short and say, I am sorry, I have tried and learned and I will do better next time than to say, sorry I knew better but chose to be selfish and petty and I chose wrong.
Amy xoxo
“People do not lack strength, they lack will.”
by Victor Hugo
by Victor Hugo
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