Cheatin' Ways

Abstain from buying and selling and unfair ways of weighing and measuring.
 - Buddhist Quote 


Have you ever know someone that was spending more effort and time trying to figure out how to cheat and get an angle on things, by being deceptive or a cheat?

When I was a mere pre-teen, I recall having the brainiac idea that I didn't need to vacuum the house like I was supposed to, but rather, I could use a leaf rake to get the carpet to "fluff up" like it had been cleaned good and proper.

Guess what?

It didn't work.

I had to go do it right AFTER getting an earful. Imagine that?  AND It took twice as much effort, just to get it right.

My Cheatin' ways didn't pay off.  You can guess what I'll say next can't you? If you're going to take the time to do it, you might as well do it right the first time.  If you're serious about being sober, you're not going to be able to take short cuts.

Getting honest with ourselves is just the first step, and the rest of the steps don't matter if we don't get this one right.