A Navajo Indian tradition says that your conscience is like a small triangle inside your heart. When you know something is wrong, it turns and pricks the flesh of your heart with one of its corners. But when you harden your heart and ignore your conscience, it keeps turning, wearing down its corners…

Man finds $140,000, then his conscience By Ari B. Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer April 10, 2008 Though in debt and in need of the money, landscaper Eli Estrada turns it in to police. Last month, Eli Estrada found $140,000 cash in the street on his way to work. The $20 bills were unmarked,…

*/“The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces. He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical…

Monday, May 15, 2006 Studies: People Generally Lie to Preserve Self-Esteem By Robin Lloyd We all lie, all the time. It causes problems, to say the least. So why do we do it? It boils down to the shifting sands of the self and trying to look good both to ourselves and others, experts say. "It's tied in…

A clergyman was walking down the street when he came upon a group of about a dozen boys, all of them between 10 and 12 years of age. The group surrounded a dog. Concerned lest the boys were hurting the dog, he went over and asked "What are you doing with that dog?" One of the boys replied, "This dog…

Officials with Wells Fargo Bank said they were happy that a Pennsylvania woman did the right thing when an automatic teller machine gave her too much money. Kristina Edwards told a local newspaper that she went to the ATM to withdraw $60. When the machine produced $380, she tried to chase down the customer…

Last Monday, Wanda Murfin sent a note from Silverhill, Alabama, asking, "Did this happen? I read about the revival in New Orleans with Billy and Franklin Graham, but somehow I must have missed this." She forwarded an internet article showing photos of Billy Graham and a French Quarter scene. The reporter…

Preachers have their own set of temptations – a fact which can be illustrated from the life of John Bunyan. Having preached a commanding message, Bunyan was greeted by a layman who exclaimed “That was the most powerful sermon I have ever heard!” Bunyan replied with brut honesty, “Man, you need not tell…

HONESTY Reader Digest recently decided to test the honesty of people in various locations around the globe. The organization asked reporters to “lose” 30 cell phones in the largest cities of 12 countries. To follow-up, reporters called the cell phone. If someone answered, they asked the person to return…

Archeological finds back Biblical-tales HAZOR, Israel - A string of recent archeological discover­ies have provided the first hard evidence for a number of Bibli­cal figures and events, many of which had been widely dis­missed as myths and moral tales. Individually, the discoveries are important. Together,…

Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by US Air Force pilots and the replies from the maintenance crews. Problem: "Left inside main tire almost needs replacement." Solution: "Almost replaced left inside main tire." Problem: "Test flight OK, except autoland very rough." Solution: "Autoland…

In Lead with LUV: A Different Way to Create Real Success, Ken Blanchard and Colleen Barrett write, “People Admire Your Strengths, But They Respect Your Honesty Regarding Your Vulnerability I think when you’re vulnerable, People realize that you, too, are human. And, perhaps even more importantly, they…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax. Angry customers threw merchandise around and looted,…

Honest ILL CEO and the truth A successful Christian business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together.…

Running back Reggie Bush has decided to hand over the Heisman. Under pressure since his award-winning 2005 campaign at USC was vacated, Bush said in a statement on Tuesday that he will forfeit the Heisman Trophy. !!!! More from ESPN.com USC didn't need to hear from Reggie Bush on Tuesday. It already…

A $20 couch turned out to be worth a whole lot more for a group of New York college students. They purchased the lumpy couch from a thrift store, but were shocked when they began to investigate why the sofa was so uncomfortable. The students found money in envelopes stashed in different parts of the…

By Julie Weingarden Dubin Jean Twenge knew her daughter was too old for a pacifier but liked the comfort it provided — not only for her 3-year-old, but also for Mom and Dad. Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego University and co-author of The Narcissism Epidemic — Living in the Age of Entitlement,…

The electronic security sensors at store exits aren't just to nab shoplifters, but to stem an even bigger problem-employee theft. About 30% of "inventory shrinkage" is due to shoplifting, but a whopping 43% is due to stealing by employees. Furthermore, the cost of everything we buy is inflated by 15%…

Pamela Hedges and her husband Gibb owned a family business for many years until selling it two years ago. They admit they experienced the common problems any business owner faces, including employees stealing money. Recently they say the received a letter from a former employee who confessed that she…

LOS ANGELES — As she walked from a post office, Talon Curtis thought she'd found one of those gimmicky sweepstakes offers on the ground that scream something like "$357,959.55" in big bold letters and "This is not a real check" in much smaller type. But just as she was about to do her part for a cleaner…

What would you do if you found $130,000? Steelworkers at a plant near Berlin found that much inside a safe they were dismantling for a bank. The only reason we know about this is because they returned the money to the bank rather than keep it for themselves. --World Magazine, February 26, 2009, p. 16.…

Janine LeDoux was closing up shop at a Denver area sandwich shop, when she noticed a wallet in the parking lot. LeDoux picked it up and began trying to find the owner. She got the name from the cards inside and as she searched, she realized that the only Bradley James Roby in the area was a cornerback…

Darrell Cox stopped for breakfast at a diner in his neighborhood for bacon and eggs. He paid for his meal, but did not realize he left something very important behind. After Cox left, Johnny, a worker at the restaurant found an envelope containing $3,000 in the bathroom. He gave it to the manager, who…

A restaurant in Tennessee recently received a note from a young man who wanted to clear his conscience. Silvia Delacerda, manager of the restaurant, said a man came and dropped off a letter. He said someone had asked him to bring it to them. Inside the envelope, Delacerda found $15 and a note explaining…

When taxi driver AI Gutierrez found six Final Four tickets and S10,000 in cash in the back seat of his cab, he knew what he had to do. He made sure that the tickets and money he found Saturday afternoon got back to the owner. "The thought never even crossed my mind to take any of it," Gutierrez said.…