Aristotle put forth some really good stuff about virtue a few years back. He wrote the chief aim of humankind was to achieve happiness. The route he proposed was through living a virtuous life centered around these four principles:
Courage. Justice. Prudence. Temperance.
Ancient wisdom indeed and, I might add, well worth reading and contemplating. Jesus, a few hundred years later, turned the world on it’s head with his proposal for Christian virtue. The route he proposed was simple and real hard. He put forth three principles that the ancient Greeks nor the present day Romans could fathom. His big three principles were as follows: Faith. Hope. And…LOVE.
Our founders read both Aristotle and the Bible. They read about Rome, Spain, Holland, France, and England. These guys were absolutely crazy students. They had regular jobs and “on the side” would get together and build a very loose coalition that would eventually blossom into a government of sorts. Where did they find the time?
After much study and even more verbal jousting, they had the worst orator among them (Jefferson) write up their principles for living a virtuous life. They titled it simply, The Declaration of Independence. Our founders central principle:
Freedom.
Today, Churp and his team watched the movie, Lone Survivor, and were seared with something similar: Freedom is NOT free. Thank you founders. Thank you SEALs. Thank you, protectors of our freedoms. Thank you. Freedom is NOT free and thank God for those fighting for it…
BUILT TO LEAD 