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Open letter to COPE staff
Nov. 20th, 2005 03:01 amI will not claim that we failed, but I will not claim that we succeded.
I will certainly not claim to be happy. Why did we sign onto this?
Choice defines us; as individuals, and as groups.
True or not, consider the doctrine of predestination: that we cannot choose to be saved or damned; good or bad. But we can choose to demonstrate our worthyness, whatever that means.
Just recently, each of us could have done something else somewhere else for someone else. But we decided on working with COPE. We could have made more money or had more time for recreation, family and sleep. We could have had better working conditions, less stress, more benefits, a longer contract or any other of a variety of pleasures, but we chose COPE. And I think we chose this because we knew it was right.
I cannot think of any quality more definitive of 'good people' than 'choosing to do what is right.'
You are good people. You have proven this to be true. Remember this.
Choice defines us; as individuals, and as groups.
True or not, consider the doctrine of predestination: that we cannot choose to be saved or damned; good or bad. But we can choose to demonstrate our worthyness, whatever that means.
Just recently, each of us could have done something else somewhere else for someone else. But we decided on working with COPE. We could have made more money or had more time for recreation, family and sleep. We could have had better working conditions, less stress, more benefits, a longer contract or any other of a variety of pleasures, but we chose COPE. And I think we chose this because we knew it was right.
I cannot think of any quality more definitive of 'good people' than 'choosing to do what is right.'
You are good people. You have proven this to be true. Remember this.
