live an ethical life

I find myself in a VERY similar situation as of late and have been giving this ethics goal a lot of thought. I discussed today with a colleague how I was going to just leave well enough alone and let the “administration” do their job..accept that I can not single handedly change what has been working for many, many years…then I rememebered this goal and my daily affirmation “I will lead an ethical life in my workplace” and figured fuck it, I can change things and should I not speak up, I am not really being ethical. So, here I am, about to take on more work, knowing that it is simply the right thing to do…it feels lovely! Cheers~

I was called a curmudgeon the other day by one of my oldest and dearest friends…and a friend who I have been seperated from for the past 11 years. At first, I was basically devestated. I love words and have always thought “curmudgeon” was such a lovely descriptive word when fitting. NEVER thought it would be befitting for moi! So, I am lead here, to 43things, to work it out and I thought about my goal to live an ethical life. I have realized over the past 11 years that I have settled quite a bit. I’m that little conscience in your ear, that annoying buzz that reminds you not to turn on red or to bite your tongue in the line b/c, after all, its not the sales clerks fault…I try to live a life that makes everyone who deals with me a little lighter and happier…and if that makes me a curmudgeon, so be it. I sleep VERY well at night!

for being turned on to this site…I got cheered by a lovely woman who inspired me to adopt this goal. I recently had a lengthy conversation about the lonliness surrounding living the ethical life I so desire, talking about the crap that builds up in my mind over decisions I have made that seem to do little more than isolate myself…and the advice I got was to never give up on being the ethical, righteous woman that I am. It has been difficult at times but I feel like I so need to continue on this path for my own self interest. On top of that, I have no idea how to be any other way…I thank my family for that :) Guess I just needed to get this out. Thanks~