16 So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man. Acts 24:16 (ESV)
Yesterday near the end of the day, the phone rang at school. The caller asked for the number of the school board or superintendent. I gave her the main phone number for the district, she thanked me, we said our goodbyes, and hung up.
I admit I was curious as to who she was and why she needed the number of the superintendent, but there was no worry. A quick reflection of my last several days of school-related interactions assured my mind that any call "downtown" was not related to any mistakes, missteps, or miscalculations on my part.
There have been times in the past I would not have always had that reassurance. Perhaps I mishandled a parent situation. Or I failed to follow a district procedure to the letter. Or I allowed my frustration to become evident to a parent or teacher. But those times are become less and less frequent.
I have learned that "taking pains to have a clear conscience" is worth the extra time, effort, and accuracy. While the actions of others are outside our control, if we make wise, moral, policy-backed decisions, those anonymous requests for the boss' phone number will not cause more than a minute's reflection.
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