Right Thing, Right Now

It goes by many names, but we know it when we see it and we see it all too rarely these days: Moral eharacter. Decency. Honor. Integrity. Nothing is worth achieving in this life if it compromises these virtues, if it forces us to abandon honesty, kindness, and fairness. Certainly some manage to succeed without ethics, but the road to greatness is paved by govdness, in selflessness and sacrifice and personal rectitude. Are these not the people we admire most? The ones who are called to do what others are too busy, too scared, too weak to do? We have to do the right thing. Tomorrow? No, right now.