This past Saturday I went into a gas station to make a small purchase. While at the register, paying for my items, the attendant who was serving me called out to a gentleman who was walking out the door with two cases of his chosen beverage (which I hear is not actually Milwaukee's best). He laughed. She laughed (kind of). He said, "I always put it in the truck before I pay." She laughed again (kind of). He walked to the register, put his beverages on the floor and said, "I don't like to have to stoop down." She said, "Fella, I don't know what you used to do, but you gon' have to pay me first." She told him the total. He paid. She laughed. He laughed (kind of). She got the money. He got the brew.

There are three good lessons from this story...

1. Just because we've done a particular thing, a particular way, with the same particular results for a particular period of time, does not necessarily mean it will always be that way. (Nor should we expect it to be.)

2. Our personal comfort, or lack thereof, should not be an excuse to do something, if that excuse is not what is required to achieve a greater good (in this case, obeying the law).

3. If we are willing to do what is required, we will, in the end, see that it worked out OK anyway.