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The Four-Way Test
Posted: October 10, 2020
Rotary's core values in rhyme…
In Rotary we have a quiz
to help us be our best.
Before we speak or choose or act,
we take the four-way test.
Is it the truth? That's where we start.
We're fact-checkers. No lie!
Quite honestly, we won't mislead.
By that we live and die.
Fairness is the second way
we judge what we allow.
Is there a level playing field?
To justice we will bow.
And to that end we seek goodwill
befriending blacks and whites,
those old and young, both gay and straight
protecting each one's rights.
And will our actions benefit
the good of all concerned?
Or will the rush to speak our minds
leave some besmirched and spurned.
This four-way test in Rotary
is just a simple aid
that serves to keep us honor bound
beyond the dues we've paid.
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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