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Character is Like an Orange
February 28th, 2012
by Bill Boyajian

I prepare fresh-squeezed juice every morning for breakfast from oranges I buy at a local fruit stand. They come in ten-pound bags, and Joyce and I go through a couple bags a week. The oranges are the ugliest-looking things you can imagine, but their juice is as sweet as can be.

Recently, I went to the fruit stand to buy my typical two bags for the week and, to my surprise, the oranges looked beautiful. Wow, I thought, the fruit stand owner is improving his quality. But when I juiced the oranges, they weren’t as sweet. So I thought, “I want my ugly oranges back!” You sure can’t judge an orange by its peel.

So it is with character. Character is what’s on the inside of people.



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