It is said that what lies before us or what lies behind us are tiny insignificant matters compared to what lies within us. What lies within us is character. When wealth is lost, nothing is lost. When health is lost, something is lost but when character is lost everything is lost.
Good character is not formed in a week or month. It takes years, probably from childhood. But what has taken so much time to build is lost in a second due to the indiscretion of people who forget that they have to regulate their actions themselves. What has rocked our organisation time and again are issues relating to fudging of contributions, accounting and such money related issues. The perpetrators of the crime have been identified time and again and have managed to get off with some light penalties or admonishments.
However, some recent events which made news for all the wrong that members did has shaken the very foundation of why we chose to admit them. The abuse of our programmes by harassing the visitors, lewd comments bordering on exploitation of women and some such news involving some individuals has startled the leaders.
We have, as an organisation, been promoting the concept that members must know the difference between right and wrong and always do the right things for the right reasons. It is obligatory that each one of us develop a self-regulatory mechanism within us which will apply the brakes when the mind tries to go off-track. Your character is defined by what you do when you think that no one is looking. It is the character of our members that catches the attention of others in the society and remember God is also impressed only by our character.
It is said that bad company corrupts good character and for this reason, those who willfully break the laws of our organisation or the country for their own gain, must be jettisoned from the clubs.
There is a widespread demand among public to name and shame willful defaulters of banks who have swindled public money.The recent happenings in the county where such people have been exposed and even prevented from leaving the country are making news. This, in a way, has put a sense of fear in the hearts of those who think that they can do anything and still present and noble picture of themselves. Such a mechanism is more needed in our organisation which is purely built only for those with character and good reputation in the public.
Be a member with character and a mechanism for self-regulation. Your good character is not always felt, but its absence will make you a disgrace in the society.