What is right and what is not right...

“The man who, knowing the right, fails to do it, loses the power to know what is right; and the man who, having the power to do right, is unwilling, loses the power to do what he wills.” St. Augustine, De Libero Arbitrio

We have had responses regarding setting a political tone to our Blog. We, our writing staff, don't feel as if we are holding a political tone one way or another to any political party. If there are responses to counter anything we have to say we welcome comments as this is a perfect forum to do just that.

With the St. Augustine quote it should be noted that we stand behind our convictions. As human beings, our views are created through the actions and reactions we receive through the lives and circumstances we encounter. This is what life is about. How we deal with and handle those circumstances and lives we encounter, in relation to the words of St. Augustine, is what we hold true as to our character.

Our firm, Boggs Development Group, has chosen to build Eco-Green efficient homes due to our knowledge of the amount of construction waste in the building business, the typical energetic waste in a less efficient structure, the stress being instilled on our planet due to the energy needs of less efficient buildings, the overall longterm financial gains a more efficient home holds for the homeowner (as well as our society), the quality of health and life the homeowner benefits from by having these better houses, and the fact that there is less overall maintenance, great insurance and tax advantages...do we need to go on?

When we all feel we know that something is the right thing to do, should we, and do we not move forward and do that? By doing what we feel is right the overall benefits will be felt throughout our lives and society in the long run.

If there are opinions that differ, and knowledge that is counter to what we are doing here at Boggs Development Group, we encourage a discourse in order to enlighten us all so that we can all learn from each other and make the world and our lives better and brighter.

With this said, our title for this entry as "what is right and what is not right..." is simply to show that "right" is also a relative term. Obviously there are opposing views to anything. There are some that feel that the human experience is not a participatory factor in the escalating global CO2 problem and some that do, there are some that feel that democracy and capitalism are not the overall socially benefiting means of political and economic policy and some that do, there are some that feel that our drinking water, or mercury levels, or childhood vaccines do not have direct relation to childhood autism and some that do.

This is where the power of freedom of thought in the human experience shines. If we partake in the public discourse and allow people to research, feel and express themselves openly and honestly we, as a society, can reach a higher level of interaction with each other. We will all reach a higher level of knowledge and decision making power.

Education has as one of its fundamental aspects the imparting of culture from generation to generation. Education means 'to draw out', facilitating realization of self-potential and latent talents of an individual. As Mark Twain said "never let school interfere with your education", throughout life we learn and learn again as to what is right and what is not right...