VIR-III-0066
“I found cash no one saw me pick up and I turned it in.”
No witness, no camera, no chance of being traced — it was the cleanest opportunity to keep it. You turned it in, because it wasn't yours and that fact didn't change just because no one was watching. The found-money test is one of the oldest measures of a man. You passed it in the dark, which is the only place it counts.
Your Practice
- Notice you did right with zero chance of getting caught either way.
- Don't expect or seek a reward. The rightness stands alone.
- Make 'not mine' the only calculation, witness or not.
- Bank the proof that your integrity doesn't depend on an audience.
The Architects
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.”
— Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack