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CHARACTER IS NOT FORMED IN ISOLATION

Your character cannot be molded when you live far away from civilization. If you only talk and relate to people who share your faith, of the same ethnic group or who look like you, you really do not know yourself yet.

This is a common denominator among some people of faith and people who live in isolation (rural area, small town, etc). The day they step out of their comfort zone is the day they realize all they have been doing is nothing but lip service to uprightness, righteousness, to godliness, to patriotism, etc. - they are not tested at all. They go on a journey of self-discovery the day they start their first job, travel out of their school, have a vacation in a country that is not theirs or went to school abroad and lives among people who do not share their values. All the theory of faith, righteousness, patience, kindness, forbearing and humility are tested - many fails. Foolish ones blame others, while wise ones take a step backward and take a conscious step to begin to develop true character in the face of real life, real world, and real people (not that their life before is fake, it was just incomplete).

I used to belong to sect where we parrot and confess multiple times daily that I am this and I am that, and what you discover is that many when they face real test/temptation, they utterly crumble. Simply because they have not allowed themselves to learn to internalize what all these confessions mean through real life experience.

Righteousness is not by confession alone, it is by doing and making the right choice when you are tempted - you cannot know whether have grown in isolation; so also is patriotism cannot by reciting the national anthem but by doing what is right to serve your country in the face of adversity.

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