MY ACCOUNTABILITY CREDO

I am accountable...

        ...to my spouse for love, honor, loyalty and an equal share in all I do or own now and always.

I am accountable ...

        ...to my children for love, care, discipline and teaching, especially as regards their own accountability.

I am accountable...

        ...to my parents for love, honor, obedience in my youth and care in their advanced age.

I am accountable...

        ...to my country for loyalty, obedience to law, selfdiscipline and, when called upon or elected to public office, for unselfish service.

I am accountable...

        ...to my employer or those I serve in business or government for work performed to the best of my ability and for seeing that time and resources are used efficiently and effectively and are not wasted or misused.

I am accountable...

        ... to all people...

                * for treatment in the same manner in which I would expect and want to be treated.

                * for fairness and honesty in all my actions.

                * for self control over my ambitions for achieve­ment and wealth and over my actions in satisfac­tion of bodily desires.

                * for conducting myself with a gentle temper of mind, a positive, collaborative attitude, giving fair treatment and judgement and exercising selfcontrol necessary to protect their rights while exercising my own.

                * for protecting the environment from contamination and from needsless waste or detruction of natural resources and habitat.

                * for reflecting humility, fairness, and obedience to authority.

                * for providing a good example to others who observe my actions and activities at work and in my personal life.

I am accountable...

        ...to myself

                * for protecting my mind from illness by maintaining a positive, constructive attitude and avoiding selfish or evil thoughts or acts.

                * for protecting my body from illness, maintaining it in good physical condition and avoiding harmful substances or promiscuous sexual activities.

                * for exercising the foresight necessary to avoid situations or conditions which might place undue temptation upon me to deviate from the goals of this credo.

                * for being ashamed when I have not lived up to the expectations of this credo, the faith demonstrated in me by others and my own ethical and moral goals.

I am accountable to God...

                                           ...for all of the above.

 July 29, 1989                

                               James P. Wesberry, Jr.