If others want to judge me
I can always walk away
I don’t have to put up with them
But I have to put up with myself
I don’t need an external compass
I live by my own set of ethics
If I do something I might regret
I’m the one that knows what I did
I choose internal consistency
Because I have to live with me
My ethics are horizontal
I care about those around me
I pay attention to harm done
I don’t rely on prescribed rules
Because I live in this world.
Elizebeth Turnquist 
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