What keeps us honest

I spend a lot of time talking with the kids about how decency and honesty pay.

But the truth is that it's not the incentives, and certainly not the punishments, that keep us honest.

A certain Nazarene comes to mind.

Same as it's always been.

Some people are just willing to do what it takes to love thy neighbor, to do good and to be more honest, despite the incentives and punishments otherwise.

And that's what keeps us honest. And always will.

And all of us know that deep in our hearts. No matter how cynical we get.

Same as it ever was.