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Moving Toward Perfection

Come, we that love the Lord, and let our joys be known; join in a song with sweet accord, join in a song with sweet accord and thus surround the throne, and thus surround the throne.

- Isaac Watts, 1707

The tale in the preceding paragraph (the storekeeper's wife) shows that sometimes, in spite of our desire to be "good natured" and despite our attempts to do what we believe is the appropriate thing to do, we may operate outside of who we believe we are. Despite our instinct to "do the right thing," our mode of behavior may produce a distinctly different result. The unintended result will be that we may offend someone by sending mixed messages...