"My Right to Privacy"

Continuing with some thoughts on the last blog, "A Public Character," I wanted to suggest some of my thoughts and helps in maintaining a proper private life. We all face the urge to "let things go" sometime. I challenge you to take these steps to strengthen your private life.
Live with a certain degree of transparency. We live such private lives in today's society. No wonder it is easy to cover our character flaws. No one is allowed "inside" anymore. Open the door to your life to others. If I have nothing to hide, then why hide?
Find someone to keep you accountable. I'm not talking about a personal support group that acknowledges like flaws. I'm talking about someone who will 'bust your butt' when you get out of line.
Realize that your private conduct ultimately affects my kids. I hear people make the comment - "what I do in the privacy of my own home does not affect anybody but me!" That's Bull! What you do in the privacy of your own home eventually walks out the door with you or your kids into the public sectar where my kids live. No one "lives to themselves."
Stop justifying your actions. One reason people live different lives in private is this sense of entitlement. They feel justified in the oversights and indulgences that they entertain in their private life. They "work hard" and they "pay the price" in public and feel they deserve a recourse in the privacy of their own lives.

I realize that we are in a complex society that has placed so many demands on our lives that there are neccessary outlets. Yet those outlets can not be allowed to influence our character or conduct. I write this blog from the perspective of my own personal battles and challenges, recognizing there are limitations on my "Right to Privacy."