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Do Good & Avoid Doing Evil
He sat lost in his thoughts. The noise of the crowded room drifted around the edges of his mind. It was comforting in a way, but it never entered his consciousness.
He was lost, trapped in a world that he no longer understood.
It sounded old-fashioned, but he believed in integrity, and honesty, and that a man’s word was his bond.
He thought about the old days, and how men made deals on handshakes alone. Of a world where a man’s reputation defined him, and how trust was the essence of survival.
He had become a reporter shortly after turning 18, and down the years he had refined his craft and developed a reputation as a straight shooter.
He had changed a lot over the years and matured becoming a man of some importance, with a first-class reputation. He had written seven books, two mid-ranking novels that had burned briefly before subsiding into a kind of gentle obscurity. His other five books were biographies of famous Western figures that had sold well, and he still earned royalties, leaving him comfortable if not rich.
His world had changed but life had been kind to him, and he lived the life that was made for him by destiny.
He thought that we all come into this world for a reason. Life is not stumbling blindly in the dark. Things do not happen…
