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Dodge Ball - Honesty Story #12

February 7th, 2007

One of our readers sent in this inspiring story about his son’s honesty. It illustrates the difficult decisions and choices we often face no matter what age we are.

When my son was 9, he was in a martial arts class where they play dodge ball as a warm up. One night after practice as I was tucking him into bed, he began to cry. I asked what was wrong and he told me that while playing dodge ball, he had been grazed by the ball but it was so light that he denied it and the kids believed him. He told me that he felt bad about it, but what made it worse was that at the end of the game, he was the last one standing and he was awarded a free snack and drink. He said he couldn’t even eat the snack because he felt so bad. He promised to never do it again and I told him it was ok to be tempted; everyone is at one time or another. The important thing is that the reward is and should be a lot less satisfying than doing the right thing to begin with.

Ok, I do think my boy is wonderful but don’t you wish everyone had a sense of right and wrong like that!

Sent in by Bill Morgan