Emerson and the Honor Box
Despite the myriad of denominations I find in the Honor Box at the end of the day-- from pennies to the hundred dollah bills yo to the Subway Club cards-- I know that I cannot be cheated. Despite the anonymous payments, the frailties of man, and the hit of hard economic times, I know I cannot be cheated.
Ralph Waldo Emerson lays it all out for me. And it comes down to this:
There is a silent partner in all our bargains.
Check it:
The nature and soul of things takes on itself the guaranty of fulfillment of every contract, so that honest service cannot come to loss. If you serve an ungrateful master (patient), serve him the more. Put God in your debt. Every stroke (adjustment) shall be repaid. The longer the payment is withholden, the better for you; for compound interest on compound interest is the rate and usage of this exchequer.
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