An odd thing happened when I originally wrote this post: it disappeared. I save my work as I go, but on that particular morning I couldn’t recall my actions. And when I reopened the document a few minutes later, the entire post—along with another piece of writing—vanished. Autosave didn’t seem to be on its game, either. I wondered if my post went missing because it isn’t the kind of story a person wants to admit “out loud.” Curious? It all began upon returning home from the post office with three books of stamps. The conflict? I only purchased two. Honest truth? My initial reaction went something like this: #blessed… immediately followed on its heels by: You know you need to return it. I did, of course. But not before the archetypal angel and devil suspended over opposite shoulders argued their points. The postal clerk thanked me for my kindness. Yet I simply did the right thing.
When did you last encounter a battle of the scruples?
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Sep 01, 2020 @ 14:31:07
You really saved someone (the postal clerk) from being short on their audit trail. At some point the postal people would have declared the missing book of stamps and would have accused someone of being a thief. Chalk it up as “the human condition” to go into battle with self as to making the situation right somehow. I almost didn’t make this comment.
Sep 01, 2020 @ 15:50:41
The human condition. Broken. Works in progress. From glory to glory. However you want to look at it, each day we engage in battle on this side of Heaven. I’m glad you chimed in, Jimmy, I hope you are winning the battle. Incidentally, the postal clerk I spoke with said it was her day to balance the cash drawer.