![]() The engraving isn’t always planned and clean. Media attention gets attracted to the obvious places too often.īut character is more than visual. Good character is exemplified every day and too often goes unnoticed. The good news is good character knows no boundaries, too. Politicians and business leaders make the front page with many counts of bad character. The headlines feature more than the common criminals. Headlines fill us in with the individuals lacking character. Maybe more importantly, we know it when it is missing. “It” is really just a fill-in-the-blank space to add in:Įach builds character. When we get dumped or ignored by someone we think we love, we hear the whisper of “it builds character.” When we are way behind on writing a term paper or preparing for a test, we hear the chant of “it builds character.” When we have the horrible boss experience again, we cling to the words of “it builds character.” It builds character. Those words of “it builds character” echo through our lives. No different than you, just different activities at different times. ![]() ![]() The dirty chores at home on the farm were always “character-building.” My dad always used to say that shoveling out the hog barn “builds character.” What I knew at the time is that the only thing it built was a healthy smell that lingered way too long. ![]()
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